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Environmental Limits

Environmental Limits is a regulatory threshold that defines the maximum allowable level of environmental stress or resource use within an ecosystem, distinguished from other policy instruments by its scientific basis in ecological carrying capacity and its role in preventing irreversible environmental degradation.

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344

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2017–2026

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Environmental Thresholds

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Options for keeping the food system within environmental limits

Marco Springmann, Michael Clark, Daniel Mason-D’Croz et al. · Nature · 2018 · 3.2K citations · Full text

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Ecological Thresholds: The Key to Successful Environmental Management or an Important Concept with No Practical Application?

Peter M. Groffman, Jill S. Baron, Tamara Blett et al. · Ecosystems · 2006 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Beyond the limits: Global collapse or a sustainable future

Futures · 1993 · 379 citations

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Ecological thresholds: a survey

Roldán Muradian · Ecological Economics · 2001 · 309 citations

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Country-dependent Characterisation Factors for Acidification and Terrestrial Eutrophication Based on Accumulated Exceedance as an Impact Category Indicator (14 pp)

Jyri Seppälä, Maximilian Posch, Matti Johansson et al. · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment · 2005 · 280 citations

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Authors

344

  1. HE
    Herbert E. Stokinger

    United States Public Health Service, United States

    3 publications · 84 citations

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  2. DE
    David Ehrenfeld

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    2 publications · 77 citations

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  3. TB
    Tamara Blett

    National Park Service, United States

    2 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. HD
    Hy Dao

    University of Geneva, Switzerland

    2 publications · 165 citations

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  5. DE
    Dietrich Earnhart

    University of Kansas, United States

    2 publications · 143 citations

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Institutions

200

  1. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    111 citations

  2. National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

    De Bilt, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    539 citations

  3. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    2.5K citations

  5. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    187 citations

  6. Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

    Bremerhaven, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  7. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

    Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    352 citations

  8. National Park Service

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    1.3K citations

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  1. Ecological Economics

    5 publications · 635 citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 3 publications · 42 citations

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  3. Conservation Biology

    3 publications · 101 citations

    3

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  4. Nature

    3 publications · 3.3K citations

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  5. Futures

    3 publications · 464 citations

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