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Ecological debt

Index Ecological debt

Ecological debt refers to the accumulated debt of wealthier countries (from a defined date in the past until present) for having plundered poorer countries by the exploitation of their resources, the degradation of their natural habitat, the beggaring of local people and/or the free occupation of environmental space for waste discharge. [1]

21 relations: Andrew Simms, Balance of trade, Biocapacity, Climate justice, Climate Justice Action, Conservation in Papua New Guinea, Ecodistrict, Ecological farming, Foreign policy of the Evo Morales administration, Friends of the Earth, Glossary of environmental science, Greenhouse debt, Harmony with nature, Human ecology, Index of sustainability articles, Land degradation, Material efficiency, Natural capital, Reinhard Marx, Salvajina Dam, Sustainability.

Andrew Simms

Andrew Simms is an author, analyst and co-director of the New Weather Institute.

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Balance of trade

The balance of trade, commercial balance, or net exports (sometimes symbolized as NX), is the difference between the monetary value of a nation's exports and imports over a certain period.

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Biocapacity

The biocapacity or biological capacity of an ecosystem is an estimate of its production of certain biological materials such as natural resources, and its absorption and filtering of other materials such as carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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Climate justice

Climate justice is a term used for framing global warming as an ethical and political issue, rather than one that is purely environmental or physical in nature.

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Climate Justice Action

Climate Justice Action (CJA) "is a global network of groups and individuals committed to taking action to prevent catastrophic climate change".

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Conservation in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea together with the West Papua region of Indonesia (New Guinea) make up a major tropical wilderness area that still contains 5% of the original and untouched tropical high-biodiversity terrestrial ecosystems.

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Ecodistrict

An ecodistrict or eco-district is a neologism associating the terms "district" and "eco" as an abbreviation of ecological.

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Ecological farming

Ecological farming is recognised as the high-end objective among the proponents of sustainable agriculture.

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Foreign policy of the Evo Morales administration

The foreign policy of the Evo Morales administration concerns the policy initiatives made towards other states by the current President of Bolivia, in difference to past, or future, Bolivian foreign policy.

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Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is an international network of environmental organizations in 74 countries.

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Glossary of environmental science

This is a glossary of environmental science.

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Greenhouse debt

Greenhouse debt is the measure to which an individual person, incorporated association, business enterprise, government instrumentality or / (per Neb., USA) geographic community exceeds its permitted greenhouse footprint and contributes greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming and climate change.

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Harmony with nature

In participation with the United Nations Earth Summit 2012 the Bolivian government submitted a proposal titled 'Harmony With Nature' this proposal attempts to define a platform for global sustainable development.

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Human ecology

Human ecology is an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary study of the relationship between humans and their natural, social, and built environments.

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Index of sustainability articles

This page is an index of sustainability articles.

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Land degradation

Land degradation is a process in which the value of the biophysical environment is affected by a combination of human-induced processes acting upon the land.

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Material efficiency

Material efficiency is a description or metric which expresses the degree in which raw materials are consumed, incorporated, or wasted, as compared to previous measures in construction projects or physical processes.

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Natural capital

Natural capital is the world's stock of natural resources, which includes geology, soils, air, water and all living organisms.

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Reinhard Marx

Reinhard Marx (born 21 September 1953) is a German cardinal of the Catholic Church and chairman of the German Bishops' Conference.

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Salvajina Dam

The Salvajina Dam and hydroelectric plant are located in the Cauca River, corregimiento Buenos Aires, municipality Suarez, department Cauca in the southwest of Colombia.

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Sustainability

Sustainability is the process of change, in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance both current and future potential to meet human needs and aspirations.

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Eco-debt, Ecological deficit, Environmental debt, Environmental deficit.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_debt

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