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Self-Supporting Ecosystem

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Self-Supporting Ecosystem

A self-supporting ecosystem is an ecosystem that maintains itself naturally without constant human intervention. In this system, energy, nutrients, and populations of organisms are balanced so that the ecosystem can sustain life on its own.

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