ecological sustainability

collocation in English

meaningsofecologicalandsustainability

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ecological
adjective
uk
/ˌiː.kəˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌiː.kəˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to ecology or ...
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sustainability
noun[U]
uk
/səˌsteɪ.nəˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/səˌsteɪ.nəˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the quality of being able to continue over a period ...
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(Definition ofecologicalandsustainabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It claims superiorecologicalsustainabilityin combination with sound economic viability.
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Without economic sustainability there will be noecologicalsustainabilityfrom forestry management, particularly in developing countries.
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This is a serious concern with respect to the technology's economic andecologicalsustainability.
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The tantalising question is whether these same processes will achieve social, economic, institutional andecologicalsustainability.
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Indicators of economic andecologicalsustainabilityare defined and compiled for selected countries.
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These practices enhance nitrogen cycling and increase theecologicalsustainabilityof organic agriculture.
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In any event, ecological tariffs may prove to be an essential component of any national strategy ofecologicalsustainability.
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Ecologicalsustainabilityis a major goal of two-fifths of both non-organic and organic farmers in the study.
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It is governance sustainability, it is alsoecologicalsustainability.
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This study indicated that crop rotation and reduced tillage have a number of positive effects on theecologicalsustainabilityof agroecosystems.
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The capability of both monetary and physical indicators to measure significant aspects of economic andecologicalsustainabilityis explored in the following sections.
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But environment andecologicalsustainabilityare by no means always the same.
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A broader concept of 'development' is needed to overcome the dichotomy between economic andecologicalsustainabilityand to address simultaneously economic objectives and non-economic targets and norms.
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Ecologicalsustainabilityis a mainstay of its curriculum.
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A primary focus of the school's construction wasecologicalsustainability.
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I especially welcome those aspects of the report which underline the importance of social andecologicalsustainability.
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The definition takes into account not only the quantitative sustainability but also theecologicalsustainabilityof forestry.
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This chapter discusses also the concept ofecologicalsustainability, illustrating that solutions in which the optimal resource stock is greater than the maximum sustainability yield stock are ecologically stable.
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After several improvements, it now ranks 84th in the world forecologicalsustainability.
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Such growth raises questions ofecologicalsustainabilityand creates many economic and political disruptions.
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Such efforts include advocacy onecologicalsustainability, corporate responsibility, social justice and similar progressive issues.
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Faith communities are increasingly participating in efforts to promoteecologicalsustainability.
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Esalen recently has focused upon issues of permaculture andecologicalsustainability.
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There is a strong affinity for bioregional thinking in many fields that relate toecologicalsustainability.
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Consumers have the right to know whether wood products come from forests managed on the principle ofecologicalsustainabilityor from a destructive operation.
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