Human appropriation of net primary production as an environmental indicator: Implications for sustainable development

Ambio

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 143-146

  Haberl, Helmut ^a  

^a Institute for Social Ecology   (Austria)

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ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; HUMAN INTERFERENCE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

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53. First submitted 28 November 1995. Accepted for publication after revision 19 June 1996.