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What is Ecosystem Service

Innovations in Environmental Legislation and Justice: Environmental and Water-Energy-Food Nexus Laws
Ecosystems provide essential services for the survival and well-being of people. Some examples are: the water cycle, clean air and food. “In order for people to be able to benefit from these services, the State must ensure certain conditions, such as; granting the right to access these services and providing quality education opportunities for the whole society”, says María José Brain, in charge of Planning of the Austral Patagonia Program, UACh.
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Environmental Law and Green Constitutions
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-7188-3.ch013
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The general theory of environmental orthodoxy is based on the idea that by introducing the issue of the environment and the need to protect and protect it in the constitution as a reference norm, we will see the establishment of the legal order in this field. In this chapter, an attempt has been made to analyze the content of the constitutions of Latin America in the context of environmental issues and the conservation of natural resources with a comparative approach and as an example. The basic hypothesis of this chapter is based on the fact that today, paying attention to the issue of the environment at the level of constitutions means following sub-norms and the legal system from the norm of reference and the effects that this right can have in the legal system. This is well reflected in the constitutions of Latin America.
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Urban Forestry in Sabah, Malaysia: A Perspective Review
A direct and indirect contribution of the ecosystem towards the well-being of human beings.
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