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sustainability
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ability to use natural resources without overuse
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sustainable resource harvest
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quantity of certain resources harvested without decreasing rate of production
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sustainable ecosystem
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ecosystem is able to maintain essential properties even with human harvests
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precautionary principle
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when an irreversable enviromental damage is perceivable, humans should immediately take steps even before scientific proof
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utilitarian justification
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environment is valuable because it directly (economically) affects human survival
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megacities
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urban cities with at least 8 million people
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ecological justification
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ecosystem is necessary for the survival of species of interest to humans
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aesthetic justification
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humans' appreciation of nature's beauty - recreastional, inspirational, and creative
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moral justification
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humans have responsibility to preserve life and organisms have moral rights to be sustained
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carrying capacity
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maximum number that can be sustained in a certain environment
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