Which of the following include(s) ecosystem services ?
(i) Purification of air and water by forests.
(ii) Forests mitigate droughts and flood.
(iii) Forests act as store house of carbon.
(iv) Forests influence hydrological cycle.

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(i) and (iii)

(i) and (iv)

(i), (ii) and (iii)

(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

answer is D.

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Human beings benefit from a multitude of resources and processes that are supplied by natural ecosystem. Collectively, these benefits are known as ecosystem services, for example, healthy forest ecosystems purify air and water, mitigate droughts and floods, cycle nutrients, generate fertile soils, provide wildlife habitat, maintain biodiversity, pollinate crops, provide storage site for carbon and also provide aesthetic, cultural and spiritual values.

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