Human Carrying Capacity, Extinctions, and Nature Reserves
- 1 May 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 32 (5) , 331-333
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1308850
Abstract
Humanity has overshot Earth's long-term carrying capacity and is living “on capital,“ and simultaneously we are eliminating other organisms, heedless of the crucial role they play in supporting society. Only a change of paradigms leading to reduction of human numbers and impacts and a comprehensive system of reserves, can prevent catastrophe.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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