11:375:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Maximum Sustainable Yield, Ecological Footprint, Ecological Debt
5 Dec 2017
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The capacity of the earth"s natural systems and human cultural systems to survive, flourish, and adapt in the long term future. Humans have been around for about 200,000 years. With that, humans have polluted the earth. Life depends on energy, which comes from the sun, and the natural capital, which are the natural resources and their services. Commit to preserving the earth"s life-support system for the future. Environmental science: interdisciplinary science connecting information and ideas from. To recycle nutrients and make them available for new species. Natural resources: useful material and energy in nature. Air, water, soil, land, life, renewable energy. Natural (ecosystem) services: important nature processes such as renewal of air, water, and soil. Water purification, waste treatment, food production, pest control, climate control. Human activities can degrade natural capital by: Using renewable resources faster than they are replaced. Interfering with ecosystem service by polluting and loss of diversity.
