Concept information
Preferred term
natural capital
Definition
- Natural capital is a term utilized to identify the economic value of natural resource stocks and environmental processes that yield goods and services. Maintaining natural capital through wise, productive, and efficient use of resources is considered essential to ecological sustainability, but is also argued to be able to positively contribute to an individual, firm, or state's income earning potential. [Source: Green Business: An A-to-Z Guide; Natural Capital]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/natural_capital
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