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resource > natural resource > natural capital

Preferred term

natural capital  

Definition

  • all the things that nature provides for our existence, i.e. the basic building blocks of our society, the healthy soils that give us food, the raw materials we need for buildings and clothes, the fresh water we drink and the clean air we breathe.

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http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/15234

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