sustainable yield

collocation in English

meaningsofsustainableandyield

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sustainable
adjective
uk
/səˈsteɪ.nə.bəl/us
/səˈsteɪ.nə.bəl/
able to continue over a period ...
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yield
noun[C usually plural]
uk
/jiːld/us
/jiːld/
an amount of something positive, such as food or profit, that is produced ...
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(Definition ofsustainableandyieldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsustainable yield

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Thesustainableyieldindex was highest in the groundnut-groundnut system.
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Given the biological and environmental parameters,sustainableyieldis determined by the fishing effort applied.
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Conch are being fished beyond capacity forsustainableyield, resulting in a drastic decrease in catch.
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We have seen attempts to achieve maximumsustainableyield.
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In a majority of the locations, groundwater extraction has crossed the threshold level of maximumsustainableyield, leading to the drying up of shallow wells and to bore well failures.
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The maximumsustainableyieldof mangrove crabs and near-shore fish should also be assessed under different scenarios of fuelwood and timber extraction, and under different economic scenarios.
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Sustainableyieldincreases require that management practices are applied in such a way that the productivity of the natural resources used for production are maintained or improved.
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The estimates also take account of the ecological concern that persistent rates of overharvest will reduce thesustainableyield, and therefore population, over time.
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The net present value fromsustainableyieldis only 39 per cent of the benefits from exploitation.
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Landuse maps are subsequently drawn up that set aside sufficient resource-usually around 1,000 hectares of lowland rainforest- for a 'walkabout' sawmill to operate on asustainableyieldbasis.
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Discussions concerning the maximumsustainableyieldshould also take place, but that is a wider-scale issue.
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Regarding environmental sustainability, only 6% of the stocks analysed would reach maximumsustainableyieldby 2020.
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Eighty-eight per cent of fish stocks are being fished beyond the maximumsustainableyield.
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This should be compared with our obligation to achieve maximumsustainableyieldby 2015.
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The only way to do that is to exploit the stock consistent with maximumsustainableyieldand keep a low risk of fishery closure.
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So, if man takes the maximumsustainableyieldand the predators continue to feed, the resultant mortality among the prey is far too high.
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This is thought to be a conservative estimate of the totalsustainableyieldof fish from the area but one has to emphasise that we do not really know.
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The concept of asustainableyieldthat can be maintained over a long period does not apply in this case.
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Our regulations will continue to be to safeguard the fish stocks and ensure the maximumsustainableyield.
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It would require assessments to be made of the population surplus and the maximumsustainableyieldof a very large number of species.
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