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