Given is a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. Consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is.- are implicit in the statement.
Statement:
Sustainability can be defined as the practice of meeting the needs of the current generation without degrading or destroying the natural resources (e.g. water, soil, biodiversity, oil, minerals).
Assumptions:
I. Our lives and economies are dependent on natural capital, which is made up of these natural resources and natural services, and the energy provided by the sun.
II. just as every investor knows, we should invest our capital and live off on the interest, or income, it provides. To live snstakiabiy. we need to do the same: protect our natural capital and live off our biological income.

Options

A. Only assumption II is implicit.
B. Neither assumption I nor II is implicit.
C. Only assumption I is implicit
D. Both assumptions I and II are implicit.

Answer

C