Vocabulary

1. a resource that can be replenished naturally over time.
3. the purposeful clearing of forested land.
7. tending to weaken or destroy an established political system, organization, or authority
8. a sustainability-focused accounting framework that includes social, environmental and financial factors as bottom-line categories.
11. something that is passed on
13. anything that gives its owner value or advantage,
14. the variety of all living things and their interactions
15. no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives
16. to cause or facilitate the beginning of

2. a process enabling individuals to understand the relationship between their actions and outcomes, allowing people the power to achieve the results they desire
4. word used to describe plant and animal species that are not doing very well
5. capital invested in a project in which there is a substantial element of risk, typically a new or expanding business.
6. the process by which vegetation in drylands i.e. arid and semi-arid lands, such as grasslands or shrublands, decreases and eventually disappears.
9. the process in which the beauty or quality of something is destroyed or spoiled
10. the connection of different parts of the world.
12. the most advanced academic degree you can earn, symbolizing that you have mastered a specific academic