“…(Díaz et al, 2006;MA, 2005a, b;Layke et al, 2012;van Oudenhoven et al, 2012). This includes goods such as food-crops, seafood, forage, timber, biomass fuels, natural fiber, pharmaceuticals, geologic resources, and industrial products, services such as the maintenance of biodiversity and life-support functions, including waste assimilation, cleansing, recycling and renewal (Table 1) (Costanza and Folke, 1997;Costanza et al, 1998;Daily, 1997;Norberg, 1999, Eisfelder et al, 2011Busch et al, 2011), and intangible aesthetic and cultural benefits (Bengtsson, 1997;King et al, 2000;De Groot et al, 2002). According to the MA (2005a), ES are indispensable for both the natural environment and human beings.…”