IV. CONCLUSION
This paper defines environmental sustainability: as meeting the resource and services needs of current and future generations without compromising the health of the ecosystems that provide them,
…and more specifically,
as a condition of balance, resilience, and interconnectedness that allows human society to satisfy its needs while neither exceeding the capacity of its supporting ecosystems to continue to regenerate the services necessary to meet those needs nor by our actions diminishing biological diversity.
It is intended to help operationalize the concept of sustainability by providing more clarity of purpose and direction, particularly regarding the importance of valuing ecological services and recognizing our interconnectedness.
It is intended as an articulation of the professional goal of the environmental manager and other environmental professionals.