Saturday, July 25, 2009

What To Write On A New Job Card

General principles of sustainability

Herman Daly writes: "For resource management there are two obvious principles of sustainable development . The first is that the speed of harvesting should be equal to speed regeneration (sustainable yield). The second, the speed of production of waste should be equal to the natural capacity to absorb by ecosystems in which the waste is emitted. The ability to regeneration and absorption must be treated as natural capital, and the failure to maintain these abilities must be considered as consumption of capital and therefore not sustainable .
(repeats)
• Biodiversity and the presence of habitats and species of Community interest is regarded as a fundamental component of natural capital for the preservation and / or increase

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