Summary

Goals

  • Understanding what ecosystems services are.
  • Knowing what a bioeconomy is like.

Summary

  • Human life is supported by the ecosystem services and natural resources provided in the environment.
  • Forests are Finland's most important source of renewable natural resource and ecosystem services.
  • Finnish water ecosystems provide various immaterial and natural resources and ecosystem services.
  • Bioeconomy attempts to combine sustainability with economic productivity. 
  • A circular economy uses products, materials and energy sustainably and responsibly.
  • Key words: ecosystem services, natural resources, renewable natural resources, recyclable natural resources, biodiversity, bioeconomy.