England’s Ecosystem Services, A preliminary assessment of three habitat types: broad-leaved woodland, the inter-tidal zone and fresh-water wetlands (ENRR701)

Healthy ecosystems can contribute to economic and social well-being either directly through the provision of goods, or indirectly through the provision of services that feed into and underpin economic processes. The focus of this report is on these ecosystem services, which are typically difficult to observe, and thus risk being unaccounted for in economic valuation studies.