Environmental futures research: experiences, approaches, and opportunities
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Despite these diffi culties, the need to think about the future of social-ecological systems cannot be avoided. Th e defi nition of sustainability includes the notion of non-decreasing wealth: sustainable policies meet the needs of the present without undermining future generations’ ability to meet their needs (Arrow et al. 2004). Inevitably, environmental actions aff ect future generations as well as the present. Th erefore, presentday decisionmakers must think about long-term consequences of environmental actions.
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