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SUSTAINABILITY AND THE THREE (3) FOUNDATIONS OF ECO-FORESTRY

Sustainability is simply the ability of an event being able to maintain its character, regardless of actions effecting it. These actions may be of natural and or human origin and any degree of magnitude effecting the event. The definition assumes that the characteristics that comprise, create and define an event, are by there design and function able to respond to actions against an event, in ways that prevent permanent change to themselves and therefore permanent change to the event: thereby maintaining sustainability of the event. It follows that, if actions can cause permanent change to an event and its characteristics, then the original event becomes some other event with other characteristics which will not be sustainable. Therefore, it can be concluded that: 1. the magnitude of the actions on the event were greater than the ability of the characteristics to prevent permanent change to themselves and the event, and 2. events and their characteristics have limits to their ability to prevent permanent change from actions effecting them, and 3. events and characteristics permanently changed, cannot 'repair themselves' so to return to their original state. Therefore, some events and their characteristics, than others, are more easily permanently changed from actions and the effects. Thus, care in understanding an event's sensitivity to permanent change and by what actions and effects, is necessary to maintain sustainability.

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The Three Foundations of Eco-Forestry: I Ecology, II Economics and III Engineering.

'SUSTAINABILITY AND THE THREE (3) FOUNDATIONS OF ECO-FORESTRY'. A Paper presented and Workshop held, by Terry Gordon, Senior Eco-Forester, at the Eco-Forestry Institute [U.S.A., & British Columbia, CANADA]Founding Conference, held at Mountain Grove Community, Oregon, July 1994).

- Terry Gordon Senior Eco-Forester, Sylvan Forestry Limited (Charter Member of the Eco-Forestry Institute: U.S.A., & British Columbia, CANADA) Terryggordon (talk) 23:37, 10 February 2013 (UTC)