Regulating contributions are functional and structural aspects of organisms and ecosystems that modify environmental conditions experienced by people, and/or regulate the generation of material and non-material contributions. There are many examples of NCP regulating contribution or services such as: air quality, climate, ocean acidification, freshwater coastal water quality and quantity, habitat creation and maintenance, pollination and seed dispersal, soil and sediment formation / protection / decontamination, mitigation of hazards and extreme weather, mitigation of detrimental organisms and biological processes.
Source: IPBES (2020) Global Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Annex I, p.1046. Glossary, (IPBES, n.d., op.cit.).
