principles of environmental sustainability
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Nature-based Solutions – a possible path to business
Perhaps Nature-based Solutions could be a tool for developing future – truly sustainable – businesses?
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Why we cannot increase our dependence on nature – even by a modest 2 % per year…
Even if an area would change with a 2% or 7% growth rate per year, it is a huge problem. In the beginning you see a small use and some change, and before the last doubling time, there is still 50% of the resource left. 3 doubling times before full use, only 1/8th (12 percent)…
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The value of nature
For someone who loves nature it can be difficult to accept discussing the value of an ecosystem only in the context of the current utilization of the resources by humans. It is implied – and a purpose of sustainability – that a sustainable use of ecosystem resources means maintaining healthy systems – also for possible…
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What is bioeconomy?
In 2013 Dennis wrote an article on Bioeconomy in the online magazine Habitat, published by Danish Zoological Society. It provided some indications of the perspectives for a bioeconomy. You can find the article here. Since the bioeconomy strategy was adopted in EU, a lot of research and innovation effort has been put into developing…