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ecological
/ ˌiːkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /
adjective
- of or relating to ecology
- (of a practice, policy, product, etc) tending to benefit or cause minimal damage to the environment
Derived Forms
- ˌecoˈlogically, adverb
Example Sentences
In summary, the plastics industry is bloated and wasteful, it imposes enormous social and ecological costs, and people are sick of it.
The measure would offer tax breaks for ecological forestry that would promote selective tree logging instead of clearing large swaths of forest at once.
The first issue with this, according to the office, is ecological.
Now, geologic evidence and data on dinosaur habitats, combined with climate and ecological simulations, suggest it wasn’t the volcanism.
Darwin wondered whether ecological space might simply “fill up” one day.
We would have considered an algae bloom to be a welcome sign of ecological renewal.
Despite the high ecological cost of palm oil, its cheap price has kept demand high.
Political dysfunction and economic dysfunction reinforce each other to drive ecological dysfunction.
It was a new, ecological eye that saw new kinds of harms and legislated to cure them.
Climate change is ecological but also economic, social, and political.
Natural selection plus geographical and ecological isolation has undoubtedly been operative in speciation and in subspeciation.
Obviously, the diversity of ecological niches in the rainforest is sufficient to support a variety of related species.
No ecological differences between this species and K. acutum were evident.
The second part of the study, now in preparation, deals with the ecological and historical geography of the herpetofauna.
No details of ecological interest are given and there is no mention of natives.
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