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- adjective That does not
consume a resource - adjective That is not consumed (
eaten )
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Examples
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Thus far, these so-called nonconsumptive users have not rushed forth to participate, proving that people are unlikely to pay for something they can get for free.
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These forests are currently being managed for timber extraction, but changes in public demand and Forest Service policy may eventually balance consumptive use (timber extraction) with an increase in nonconsumptive uses (viewsheds, hiking, camping, biodiversity protection).
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He felt it was time to focus on the nonconsumptive use of wildlife.
Steve and Me Terri Irwin 2007
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He felt it was time to focus on the nonconsumptive use of wildlife.
Steve and Me Terri Irwin 2007
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However, the most common and widespread use of wildlife is nonconsumptive tourism, which takes place in areas where densities of wildlife are high.
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The economic analysis also represents a significant methodological advance, in that it used new bioeconomic models for fisheries accounts and assigned consumptive versus nonconsumptive use values for mangrove accounts.
42. Iguana farming for food and tropical forest preservation 1992
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This use is largely nonconsumptive, in that virtually all the water is returned to the stream with little significant change at least with modern cooling.
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Water use can be divided into consumptive and nonconsumptive uses.
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Doesn't that give the public the nonconsumptive recreational water right and utilization of the bed, whether private or public, and not be civilly or criminally trespassing?
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"In other words, in addition to values derived from trophy hunting the consultant shall attempt to estimate other consumptive values (meat, hide, and other parts), nonconsumptive values (tourism, art, crafts), scientific/educational value, and existence value or value as an iconic species," it says.
Thestar.com - Home Page Steve Rennie 2010
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