The author indicates that attempting to strike a balance between exploitation of terrestrial natural capital and conservation of that capital is controversial. What might you say to a person whose livelihood comes from the timber industry (or mining, or agriculture making heavy use of irrigation) to encourage consideration of the ongoing degradation of the natural capital and its eventual impact on him/her?
What will be an ideal response?
This is highly subjective. It could include a review of the specifics of the degradation of the specific resource. One might discuss the fact that using the capital reduces the potentially sustainable use of the income from the capital. One might also discuss the impact on future generations of the reduction of capital/elimination of capital.
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What will be an ideal response?
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A) merchant capitalism
B) languages
C) sports
D) transnational corporations
E) comparative advantages
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