1.4 Sustainability Vocab

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Natural resources producing sustainable income of goods/services

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Natural Capital

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Goods and services provided by the environment for natural income.

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Natural Capital

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Examples: forests, fossil fuels, fisheries, farms.

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Natural Capital

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Annual yield from natural capital

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Natural Income

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Tangible items with value to humans

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goods

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Examples: wood, paper, food, gas, medicine

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goods

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Oxygen production, erosion prevention, recycling waste, water management

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services

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Can be generated/replaced as fast as used

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Renewable Natural Capital

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Irreplaceable or replaced over geological timescales?

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Non-renewable Natural Capital

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Examples: fossil fuels, soil, mineral deposits

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Non-renewable Natural Capital