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The ecosystem service cascade (adapted from Potschin and Haines-Young 2011), depicting an example of the service of flood risk reduction. The cascade shows the relationship between supply of and demand for ecosystem services and illustrates how the ecosystem’s structure and processes affect its functioning, leading to the provision of ecosystem services to people who benefit from and value those services.
