AGROEKOSYSTÉMOVÉ SLUŽBY NA SLOVENSKU
AGROECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN SLOVAKIA

Author(s): Petra Cisková
Subject(s): Agriculture, Energy and Environmental Studies
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Agroecosystem services; ecosystems; provisioning services; regulating services; cultural services;
Summary/Abstract: There are ecosystems in the soil that provide us with various services and functions that are irreplaceable for the human being. The soil value does not depend only on its economic benefits. The soil provides us with a variety of ecological functions that are essential for the stable environment in which we live. The aim of the paper is to assess the ability of agroecosystems to provide selected ecosystem services in the Slovak Republic. Based on selected indicators, we assess the current level of provisioning, regulating and cultural services provided by agroecosystems. Based on the assessment of the potential of agroecosystem services we create 6 indices. The main result of the paper is that the soil with high quality and potential of provisioning services in Slovakia provides a higher potential of regulating services such as water storage capacity, erosion, soil cleaning. In contrast, soil with a lower quality have a higher cultural and recreational potential.

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