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11. Natural Capital

Author : Richard Thomas Watson

Published in: Capital, Systems, and Objects

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Natural capital is the earth’s endowment. Some of this bounty is finite, such as the different types of minerals, and some renewable, such as forests. Renewable resources are all powered directly or indirectly by solar energy, and they are a valuable annuity for all life on earth.

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Title: Natural Capital
Author: Richard Thomas Watson
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Book: Capital, Systems, and Objects
Print ISBN: 978-981-15-9417-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-15-9418-2

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9418-2_11

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