Across
- 2. A viewpoint that argues humans must sustainably manage the global system
- 5. The addition of a substance to an environment at a rate greater than which it can be rendered harmless
- 8. Natural resources that can supply a natural income
- 11. A viewpoint that argues technological developments can provide solutions to environmental problems
- 13. capacity The number of people and other living organisms that a region can sustainably support
- 14. The use and management of resources that allows full natural replacement of the resources exploited
- 16. contaminants from a clearly identifiable site
- 17. More economically developed country
- 18. A viewpoint that puts ecology and nature as central to humanity and emphasizes a less materialistic approach to life with greater self-sufficiency of societies
- 19. Occurs when lakes, estuaries and coastal waters receive inputs of nutrients which results in excess growth of plants and phytoplankton
Down
- 1. contaminants of numerous widely dispersed origins
- 3. The area of land and water required to sustainably provide all the resources at the rate at which they are being consumed by a given population
- 4. The yield obtained from natural resources
- 6. The day when humanity's demand for ecological resources is greater than the Earth's ability to regenerate those resources
- 7. A report completed before development to assess the environmental and ecological impacts
- 9. Development that meets the need of the present without compromising the needs of the future
- 10. Less economically developed country
- 12. A worldview that shapes the way an individual or group of people perceives and evaluates environmental issues
- 15. capacity An estimate of an ecosystem's production of natural-resources and its absorption