biocapacityn.
/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)kəˈpasᵻti/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊkəˈpæsədi/, /ˌbaɪəkəˈpæsədi/ The capacity of a country, a region, or the world, to produce useful biological materials for its human population and to absorb waste materials.Usually expressed as a per capita area of productive land.
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1999 Ecol. Econ. 29 210/2 This estimate shows that the average inhabitant of Malmöhus county appropriates more than three times as much biocapacity than what exists per capita in the world.
2005 Western Mail (Cardiff) 10 Mar. 16 The biocapacity of the planet is only 1.8 global hectares per person.
2008 Independent 13 Aug. 32/1 The Lonely Planet Report shows that humans now..are over-utilising the planet's biocapacity (fresh water, croplands, fisheries and forests).
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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