Ecosystems and Human well-being

\n\t\t\t\t\t■ Human well-being has several key components: the basic material needs for a good life, freedom and choice, health, good social relations, and personal security. Well-being exists on a continuum with poverty, which has been defined as"pronounced deprivation in well-being." <br />■ How well-being and ill-being, or poverty, are expressed and experienced is context- and situation-dependent, reflecting local social and personal factors such as geography, ecology, age, gender,and culture.These concepts are complex and value-laden. <br />■ Ecosystems are essential for human well-being through their provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting services. Evidence in…