SVN3M – Sustainability

Sustainability and Natural Capital Notes

Key Terms and Concepts:
Natural capital, natural resources, natural services, perpetual resources, renewable resources, non-renewable resources, sustainable yield
·  What is natural capital and what is its importance to sustainability?

A sustainable society must:

1.  provide all of its people with ______.

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2.  meet the needs of its people without ______

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Natural Capital is:

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Natural capital resources are: ______

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Primary resources:

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Types of resources / Definition / Examples
Perpetual
Renewable
Non-renewable

Natural capital services are: ______

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Natural capital services include:

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Sustainable Living

Natural capital services can also be degraded by human activity:

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Humans are the only species on earth to ______

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Sustainable living uses only ______

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Sustainable living does not use ______

Sustainable yield is ______

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Canadian example of the depletion of a renewable resource due to being used beyond its sustainable yield:

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