sustained yield

noun

1. the continuing supply of a natural resource, as timber, through scheduled harvests to insure replacement by regrowth or reproduction.
2. the amount of a resource obtained from such a schedule without depleting the resource.

Other Words From

• sustained-yield adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sustained yield¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

We must place our forests on a sustained yield basis, and encourage the development of new sources of vital minerals.

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