What is the elastic limit in the use of resources?
To start with some detail, let’s define the elastic limit of nature (Natural Sustainability (NS)) in terms of the stress that we, as human beings, apply to the environment (that involves the use of natural resources). It is the maximum use of natural resources that nature can make up for through replacement and regeneration; as long as the resources are drawn within this limit, the environment recovers, while beyond it the revenge from nature begins. (In practice, this limit is checked in the same way as the Elastic limit for the Surrounding, i.e. by comparing every year how much of each resource is used with how much nature replaces or regenerates in that year; this is first reported area by area, and then combined into one overall report that takes into account the score of each area.)