In relation to threats to the viability of the biosphere, nonkilling implies absence of direct attacks upon life-sustaining resources as well as cessation of indirect degradation associated with lethality.
En canto ás ameazas sobre a viabilidade da biosfera, non matar implica a ausencia de ataques directos contra os recursos que sustentan a vida, así como o cese da degradación indirecta asociada coa letalidade.