Which of the following include ecosystem services?

A. Purification of air and water by forests 

B. Forests mitigate droughts and floods

C. Forests act as store houses of carbon 

D. Forests influence hydrological cycle

Ecosystems provide many basic services that make life easy for living beings. Some important services provided by the ecosystem are as follows:

• Maintaining biodiversity
• Bacteria decomposes wastes and decaying materials
• Bees pollinate crops
• Tree roots hold the soil in place to prevent soil erosion
• Forest ecosystems purify water and air, and mitigate floods and droughts
• Providing storage site for carbon
• Providing wildlife habitat
• Influencing the hydrological cycle