Ecological time

Ecological time: The time required for the development, maintenance and repair of processes and environments that operate at a macro-environmental level and scale.

See Biological Time.

Source: ‘What is Good? What is Bad? The Value of All Values across Time, Place and Theories’ by John McMurtry, Philosophy and World Problems, Volume I-III, UNESCO in partnership with Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems: Oxford, 2004-11.