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Ecological yield, the Glossary

Ecological yield is the harvestable population growth of an ecosystem.^[1]

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Ecological metrics
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Atmosphere of Earth

The atmosphere of Earth is composed of a layer of gas mixture that surrounds the Earth's planetary surface (both lands and oceans), known collectively as air, with variable quantities of suspended aerosols and particulates (which create weather features such as clouds and hazes), all retained by Earth's gravity.

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Basal area

Basal area is the cross-sectional area of trees at breast height (1.3m or 4.5 ft above ground).

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Biosphere

The biosphere, also called the ecosphere, is the worldwide sum of all ecosystems.

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Carbon sink

A carbon sink is a natural or artificial carbon sequestration process that "removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor of a greenhouse gas from the atmosphere".

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Carrying capacity

The carrying capacity of an environment is the maximum population size of a biological species that can be sustained by that specific environment, given the food, habitat, water, and other resources available. Ecological yield and carrying capacity are ecological metrics.

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Debt

Debt is an obligation that requires one party, the debtor, to pay money borrowed or otherwise withheld from another party, the creditor.

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Diameter at breast height

Diameter at breast height, or DBH, is a standard method of expressing the diameter of the trunk or bole of a standing tree.

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Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.

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Ecocide

Ecocide (from Greek oikos "home" and Latin cadere "to kill") is the destruction of the environment by humans.

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The ecological footprint measures human demand on natural capital, i.e. the quantity of nature it takes to support people and their economies.

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Ecosystem

An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.

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Ecosystem service

Ecosystem services are the various benefits that humans derive from healthy ecosystems.

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Fiscal year

A fiscal year (also known as a financial year, or sometimes budget year) is used in government accounting, which varies between countries, and for budget purposes.

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Forest

A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense community of trees.

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Forest management

Forest management is a branch of forestry concerned with overall administrative, legal, economic, and social aspects, as well as scientific and technical aspects, such as silviculture, forest protection, and forest regulation. Ecological yield and forest management are ecological processes.

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Forest product

A forest product is any material derived from forestry for direct consumption or commercial use, such as lumber, paper, or fodder for livestock.

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Forestry

Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and environmental benefits.

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The Global Footprint Network was founded in 2003 and is an independent think tank originally based in the United States, Belgium and Switzerland.

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Green economy

A green economy is an economy that aims at reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities, and that aims for sustainable development without degrading the environment.

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Greenhouse gas

Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are the gases in the atmosphere that raise the surface temperature of planets such as the Earth.

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Habitat conservation

Habitat conservation is a management practice that seeks to conserve, protect and restore habitats and prevent species extinction, fragmentation or reduction in range.

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Hectare

The hectare (SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), that is, 10,000 square meters (10,000 m2), and is primarily used in the measurement of land.

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Logging

Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport.

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Maximum sustainable yield

In population ecology and economics, maximum sustainable yield (MSY) is theoretically, the largest yield (or catch) that can be taken from a species' stock over an indefinite period.

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Monetary reform

Monetary reform is any movement or theory that proposes a system of supplying money and financing the economy that is different from the current system.

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Paul Hawken

Paul Gerard Hawken (born February 8, 1946) is an American environmentalist, entrepreneur, author, economist, and activist.

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Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is a system of biological processes by which photosynthetic organisms, such as most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, convert light energy, typically from sunlight, into the chemical energy necessary to fuel their metabolism.

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Population growth

Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Ecological yield and population growth are ecological metrics.

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.

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Primary production

In ecology, primary production is the synthesis of organic compounds from atmospheric or aqueous carbon dioxide.

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Renewable resource

A renewable resource (also known as a flow resource) is a natural resource which will replenish to replace the portion depleted by usage and consumption, either through natural reproduction or other recurring processes in a finite amount of time in a human time scale.

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References

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

Ecological yield, the Glossary

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Ecological metrics

Ecological processes

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