Table 4. Ranking of ecosystem services according to importance score, mean vulnerability value and importance-vulnerability index.
The order of ecosystem services in the first column follows the importance-vulnerability index value from highest to lowest.
| Ecosystem service | Importance value | Mean vulnerability | Importance-vulnerability index |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drinking water | 124.0 | 4.0 | 498.7 |
| Fresh air and climate change control | 90.0 | 3.9 | 352.1 |
| Conservation activities motivated by iconic threatened animal and plants species | 79.0 | 4.4 | 349.3 |
| Genetic pool of the plant communities in central Chile with global relevance | 89.0 | 3.7 | 332.1 |
| Water regulation and retention | 74.0 | 4.3 | 321.4 |
| Educational value: possibilities of developing educational programmes about local wildlife | 89.0 | 2.7 | 240.0 |
| Water for agriculture | 49.0 | 3.6 | 176.4 |
| Food derived from traditional agriculture | 36.0 | 4.1 | 145.8 |
| Medicinal plants (leaves, bark, roots) | 39.0 | 3.5 | 136.5 |
| Symbolic plants | 32.0 | 3.6 | 116.5 |
| Beekeeping | 33.0 | 3.5 | 113.9 |
| Mean | 108.2 | ||
| Identity and sense of place | 38.0 | 2.7 | 100.7 |
| Food derived from organic agriculture | 36.0 | 2.8 | 100.2 |
| Local ecological knowledge | 24.0 | 3.8 | 90.4 |
| Erosion control | 31.0 | 2.7 | 84.2 |
| Food from cattle (milk, meat) | 24.0 | 3.4 | 80.4 |
| Forage (trees and shrubs that are useful for cattle/browse) | 18.0 | 3.4 | 61.2 |
| Nature tourism | 34.0 | 1.8 | 60.7 |
| Possibilities to develop research | 21.0 | 2.2 | 46.2 |
| Spiritual and religious value | 14.0 | 2.0 | 28.0 |
| Rural tourism | 19.0 | 1.3 | 25.3 |
| Wild fruits (for human and animal consumption) | 14.0 | 1.5 | 21.0 |
| Soil fertility for agricultural crops and pasture | 8.0 | 1.7 | 13.7 |
| Seeds | 9.0 | 1.4 | 12.6 |
| Symbolic animals | 7.0 | 1.8 | 12.6 |
| Organic compost | 8.0 | 1.5 | 12.0 |
| Pest and disease control | 9.0 | 1.3 | 11.7 |
| Pollination | 5.0 | 1.6 | 8.0 |
| Genetic resources (e.g., wild species used in breeding programmes) | 3.0 | 1.8 | 5.4 |
| Water for industrial use | 5.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Cultural tourism | 5.0 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| Wood fuel | 4.0 | 0.6 | 2.4 |
| Industrial use of animals and plants | 5.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| Plants for fibres/handcrafts | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Food from hunting | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Sport hunting | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Coal | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Wood for building | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Resort tourism | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Mushroom hunting for human consumption | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Soil litter extraction | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |