General
Natural Resources
something found in nature that people find useful or valuable
staple
a regularly eaten food that makes up a large part of the diet of a population
fish stock
a group of fish of the same species that live in the same area
clear-cutting
a method of logging by removing all trees from a large area
Renewable resource
a resource that can regrow or reproduce as long as it is not overused
commercial farming
large-scale farming to produce crops of livestock for sale
trawler
a fishing ship that catches fish by draggin a net along the sea floor
to greatly reduce
Flow resource
a resource that must be used up when and where it is found or it is lost
subsistence farming
small-scale farming to produce food to feed a farm family
overfishing
catching too many fish so that the fish stocks cannot renew themselves
Ecological footprint
the calculation of what natural resources are needed to support someone's daily life
Non-renewable resource
resource that is limed and cannot be replaced if it is used up
soil degradation
loss of soil quality and ability to grow plants
exploit
to use or develop a resource
HDI
Human Development Index: the results of an annual evaluation of countries made by looking at life expectancy, income, and literacy
sustainable
describes an approach to using resources in a way that does not use them up or destroy them for a long time
food loss
OR
food waste
food lost during harvest, production, and distribution
food that is discarded by consumers and by places that sell food
by-catch
fish or other sea life caught unintentinoally when fishing