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'''Natural resources''' are produced by destroying, or harvesting the [[ecological yield]] of | '''Natural resources''' are produced by destroying, or harvesting the [[ecological yield]] of [[natural capital]]. They are traded usually on [[commodity markets]] but [[fair trade]] is a system of seeking to change this, so that '''consumers know more about producers''' and the conditions they work under, and associate [[brand name]]s more with producers' lives than with any [[advertising]]. |
Latest revision as of 12:57, 26 November 2003
Natural resources are produced by destroying, or harvesting the ecological yield of natural capital. They are traded usually on commodity markets but fair trade is a system of seeking to change this, so that consumers know more about producers and the conditions they work under, and associate brand names more with producers' lives than with any advertising.