Sentences with phrase «define planetary boundaries»
«It would be good to define planetary boundaries at multiple scales — local, regional and global,» adds ecologist Jonathan Foley, director of the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota and a co-author of the planetary boundaries concept.
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The planetary boundary (PB) concept, introduced in 2009, aimed to define the environmental limits within which humanity can safely operate.
The planetary boundaries framework defines a safe operating space for humanity based on the intrinsic biophysical processes that regulate the stability of the Earth system.
The loss is due to changes in land use and puts levels of biodiversity beyond the «safe limit» recently proposed by the planetary boundaries — an international framework that defines a safe operating space for humanity.
I think the work of Johan Rockstrom and the other 70 scientists in defining nine planetary boundaries will and should help ensure we can be more preventive and precautionary.
There is no reason sustainability need be defined this way because living within planetary boundaries can be achieved well above those thresholds.
A diagram from a paper defining «planetary boundaries» for human activities shows areas of greatest risk in red.
To more precisely define what it is we must sustain, Johan Rockström, a professor of Environmental Science at Stockholm University, introduced the concept of planetary boundaries, or the idea that our species must live within a safe operating space.
The planetary boundaries framework defines a safe operating space for humanity based on the intrinsic biophysical processes that regulate the stability of the Earth system.
The planetary boundary (PB) concept, introduced in 2009, aimed to define the environmental limits within which humanity can safely operate.