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A concept that arises from the private sector for many sectors, especially private entrepreneurs, the necessary symbiosis between economic, social, and environmental sustainability meant approaching the issue from a more positive perspective. Ecoefficient agriculture, according to a ciat report, is competitive and profitable as well as sustainable and resilient, thus generating multiple benefits for the poor, especially. Climatesmart brachiaria grasses for improving livestock production in east africa. Ecoefficiency is a framework that says, lets feel better by being less bad or go to zero. What were saying is, lets go for 100 percent sustainable and be ecoeffective. A significant shift in business thinking while the debate on the. Mar 27, 2018 to revert the current ecological overshoot and build a sustainable society, we have to collectively engage in changing our economic model. In the short run humans act as if they do and as if this will continue to be the case hall, 2008 the concept of ecoefficiency originates from the field of natural resources research. Learn how ecoofficiency can help green your business and learn the. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The business link to sustainable development the mit press. The ecocity past, present and future article in geography compass 82 february 2014 with 123 reads how we measure reads. Boudy van schagen royal tropical institute, amsterdam kit.
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