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  • Glossary item | Last updated: 03 May 2024

Sustainability

(a) use of the biosphere by present generations while maintaining its potential yield (benefit) for future generations; and/or (b) non-declining trends of economic growth and development that might be impaired by natural resource depletion and environmental degradation.

UN, 2015, United Nations, Environment Glossary, https://unstats.un.org/unsd/environmentgl/, accessed 08 January 2024

Source category: International Organisation