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  • HANPP

    Humans depend on land and the resources it provides for their subsistence. Plant biomass is one of the most important of these resources. Humans depend on it for: food directly …

  • Forest economics

    This branch of applied economics is mainly focused on sustainable yield timber management, resource extraction and commodity production, excluding a wide range of forest values (local livelihood, ecological, aesthetic and …

  • Depopulation

    ‘Depopulation’ refers to a process in which the population density of an area decreases steadily over time. Increased human population is certainly a threat to environmental sustainability, but local phenomena …

  • Carrying capacity

    This is a term used in the field of ecology to indicate the maximum population of a particular species that a given area of habitat can support over a given …