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Ecosystem Benefits and Risks

Jul 19, 2016 (Last modified Nov 13, 2018)
Created by Northeast
Ecosystem Benefits and Risks

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Ecosystem services are the benefits people receive from nature. These are abundant in the Appalachians, from clean drinking water and sustainably harvested forest products to nature-based tourism. They also include the sense of home that communities find in rural landscapes and the values that Americans place on conserving biodiversity.

These essential services and the natural resources they depend on are extremely valuable to society, but are placed at risk by processes driving landscape change in the Appalachians such as urbanization and climate change. Some processes, such as energy development, produce both risks and benefits to society.

This gallery includes a collection of data which comprises the ecosystem benefits and risks within the Appalachian LCC region. 
Tags
ecosystem benefits, appalachian, risks, lcc, applcc
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Gallery contains
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41 Datasets
1 Maps
Appalachian LCC
USDA Forest Service's EFETAC
UNC Asheville's NEMAC

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Northeast
with Science Applications, Northeast

Administration account for the Northeast Conservation Planning Atlas.

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