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biocapacity noun[ S ] environment specializeduk /ˌbaɪ.əʊ.kəˈpæs.ə.ti/ us /ˌbaɪ.oʊ.kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/ the ability of a particular area to support human life in terms of the amount of food, fuel, etc. it can produce and the amount of waste it can deal with: 生态承载力 Humanity now requires the biocapacity of almost 1.5 planets to survive, he said.他说,人类现在需要近1.5个地球的生态承载力才能生存下去。 Worldwide, the average human footprint is 2.28 hectares (5.4 acres), but Earth only has a biocapacity of 1.9 hectare per person, he says. With our overall footprint now exceeding global biocapacity by about 30%, reducing our carbon footprint is essential. The city's eco-footprint represents 2.1 times the entire nation’s domestic biocapacity. Is it possible for us to all live within our fair per-capita share of available global biocapacity? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Environmental issues agroecology air pollution anoxia anoxic anti-conservation carbon capture dumping ground eco-audit eco-footprint energy conservation energy security environmental justice environmentalism environmentally reduce, reuse, recycleidiom runoff scrapyard scrubber sequester sequestration |