biocapacity

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noun

The capacity of an ecosystem to provide resources and absorb wastes.

“When an area's ecological footprint exceeds its biocapacity, an ecological deficit occurs.”

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Meanings

nounbiocapacity (countable and uncountable, plural biocapacities)

plural biocapacities · alternative bio-capacity

  1. countableuncountableThe capacity of an ecosystem to provide resources and absorb wastes.

    When an area's ecological footprint exceeds its biocapacity, an ecological deficit occurs.

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    Forget post-scarcity. Between rising populations, climate change, a dearth of fresh water and stretched bio-capacity, just avoiding widespread famine by the middle of this century would represent an astonishing achievement.

    2020, Aaron Bastani, Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto, Verso Books, →ISBN, page 162

Origin

From bio- + capacity.

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biocapacity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biocapacity

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