Definitions of ecosystem services

Provisioning Regulating ​Cultural

 
Cultural services include immaterial benefits such as heritage, cultural identity, spiritual and intellectual enrichment, as well as aesthetic and recreational values.

Aesthetic value
Humans perceive beauty in the physical characteristics of nature

Recreational value
Ecosystems offer possibilities for recreation and leisure

Cultural value (inspiration for art, culture, education and the spirit)
Existential, aesthetic, spiritual and religious value is ascribed to ecosystems, landscapes, animals and plants