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ecological footprint (EF) , measure of the demands made by a person or group of people on global natural resources. It has become one of the most widely used measures of humanity’s effect upon the environment and has been used to highlight both the apparent unsustainability of current practices and the inequalities in resource consumption between and within countries.

The ecological footprint (EF) estimates the biologically productive land and sea area needed to provide the renewable resources that a population consumes and to absorb the wastes it generates—using prevailing technology and resource-management practices—rather than trying to determine how many people a given land area or the entire planet can support. It measures the requirements for productive areas (croplands, grazing lands for animal products, forested areas to produce wood products , marine areas for fisheries , built-up land for housing and infrastructure , and forested land needed to absorb carbon dioxide emissions from energy consumption). One can estimate the EF, measured in “global hectares” (gha), at various scales—for individuals, regions, countries, and humanity as a whole. (One hectare equals 2.47 acres.) The resulting figures can also be compared with how much productive area—or biocapacity—is available.

Canadian ecologist William Rees created the EF concept, which Swiss urban planner Mathis Wackernagel further developed in his dissertation under Rees’s supervision. Together, Wackernagel and Rees wrote Our Ecological Footprint (1996), which describes the concept.

EF calculations have questioned the sustainability and equity of current consumption and production practices. The (GFN)—a nonprofit organization that partnered with hundreds of cities, businesses, and other entities to advance the EF as a metric of sustainability—calculates the per capita global footprint. In 2023 the per capita global footprint was 2.6 gha. Since global biocapacity that year was 1.5 gha per person, the EF of humanity overshot Earth’s biocapacity by 1.1 gha. In other words, 1.7 “Earths” would be needed to sustain current resource demands or, alternatively, it takes Earth more than one year and eight months to regenerate what is used in one year. The implication of such “ecological overshoot,” which began in the mid-1970s, is that life-supporting biological resources, such as fisheries, forest resources, rangeland, and agricultural land, are being depleted.

EF analysis can show whether a country is living within the biocapacity of its own territory or whether it is an “ecological debtor,” drawing on the ecological “capital” of other parts of the world. Per capita EFs show a wide divergence in the demands on nature from people in different societies, ranging from Qatar at the high end (13.1 gha/person) to Rwanda at the low end (0.55), with the United States (7.5), Germany (4.5), China (3.6), and others in between (2022 data). These figures are the basis of claims such that if all of humanity consumed like the average American, about five Earths would be needed. EFs also vary greatly within countries according to level of affluence.

Researchers have combined footprint analysis with measures of human development to assess whether countries are on track toward sustainable development —defined as a per capita EF lower than the available per capita biocapacity with a high rating (above 0.8) on the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI). (The HDI is a metric that combines a country’s average life expectancy , educational attainment, and income into a measure of economic and social progress.)

Environmental educators and activists have used the EF to raise awareness of unsustainable consumption patterns, often with the goal of encouraging a change in lifestyles and, less frequently, to promote awareness of wider structural forces driving such patterns. Many online footprint calculators have appeared on nongovernmental organization Web sites with such goals in mind. Those calculators allow people to calculate their personal EF and to make comparisons with estimates of available biocapacity or to average footprints of other people locally and globally. Meanwhile, social scientists have used the EF as a comprehensive indicator of the ecological impacts of humans on the planet in order to test empirically different social theories of the forces driving those impacts.

Although EF analysis can lead to a radical critique of the current economic and social order, it has found increasing mainstream acceptance among businesses and governments. Multinational corporations such as Wal-Mart and BP introduced programs to shrink their EFs, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development began exploring pathways toward achieving a “one-planet economy” by 2050. A number of national governments—such as those of Wales , Switzerland , the United Kingdom , Japan , the United Arab Emirates , and the European Union as a whole—as well as metropolitan areas have also considered or embraced the concept.

Despite its rapid ascent and widespread use, the EF has faced a wide range of criticism . One of the EF’s attractions is that it provides a single aggregate indicator of ecological impacts. However, such aggregation requires simplification of a complex reality; for example, an assumption built into the EF is that technology is the same across the globe and through time. Critics also argue that the EF methodology rewards more-intensive production methods that increase yields per unit of land in the short term but might actually be less sustainable in the long run—for example, accelerating land degradation . Similarly, organic farming methods with lower yields than conventional agriculture could appear to have a bigger footprint despite other ecological benefits. Others argue that EF analysis is overly anthropocentric , focusing only on land and sea area that is useful to the human economy and failing to allocate space for the needs of other species. Indeed, the EF does not measure changes in biodiversity , for which other indicators are needed. EF advocates acknowledge that it cannot include all significant environmental impacts, given the lack of data for some issues and the difficulty of converting some types of ecological demands, for which no regenerative capacity exists, into a measure of land area. Among the key impacts not reflected in the EF are those related to toxic substances , greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide, and water consumption.

Some critics also object to what they perceive to be the implication that a country’s population ought to live within the biocapacity of its own territory and not draw on outside resources through trade. For example, small, densely populated areas may be very ecologically efficient but will almost inevitably be ecological debtors drawing on outside resources, while large, sparsely populated countries such as Canada and Australia appear to be living well within their territories’ ecological means even though their per capita footprints (at 7.42 and approximately 5.78, respectively, for 2022) are among the highest in the world.

Proponents of the EF have acknowledged some of the concept’s limitations and have worked to refine it. The first set of standards for proper calculation and communication of the EF was produced in 2006, and continual revisions are occurring. A review in 2008 produced for the European Commission concluded that, although complementary sustainability indicators and further improvements in data quality and methodology are needed, the EF is a useful indicator of sustainable natural resource use that is easy to communicate and understand.

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How the Footprint Works

Ecological Footprint accounting measures the demand on and  supply of nature.

On the demand side, the Ecological Footprint adds up all the biologically productive areas for which a population, a person or a product competes. It measures the ecological assets that a given population or product requires to produce the natural resources it consumes (including plant-based food and fiber products, livestock and fish products, timber and other forest products, space for urban infrastructure) and to absorb its waste, especially carbon emissions.

The Ecological Footprint tracks the use of productive surface areas. Typically these areas are: cropland, grazing land, fishing grounds, built-up land, forest area, and carbon demand on land.

On the supply side, a city, state or nation’s biocapacity represents the productivity of its ecological assets (including cropland, grazing land, forest land, fishing grounds, and built-up land). These areas, especially if left unharvested, can also serve to absorb the waste we generate, especially our carbon emissions from burning fossil fuel.

Both the Ecological Footprint and biocapacity are expressed in global hectares —globally comparable hectares with world average productivity.

Each city, state or nation’s Ecological Footprint can be compared to its biocapacity, or that of the world.

If a population’s Ecological Footprint exceeds the region’s biocapacity, that region runs a biocapacity deficit . Its demand for the goods and services that its land and seas can provide—fruits and vegetables, meat, fish, wood, cotton for clothing, and carbon dioxide absorption—exceeds what the region’s ecosystems can regenerate. In more popular communications, we also call this “an ecological deficit.” A region in ecological deficit meets demand by importing, liquidating its own ecological assets (such as overfishing or deforestation), and/or emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. If a region’s biocapacity exceeds its Ecological Footprint, it has a biocapacity reserve .

Conceived in 1990 by Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees at the University of British Columbia, the Ecological Footprint launched the broader Footprint movement , including the carbon Footprint, and is now widely used by scientists, businesses, governments, individuals, and institutions working to monitor ecological resource use and advance sustainable development. The most prominent calculations are those produced for countries . We call those the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts . Since 2019, these accounts are owned and governed by a dedicated organization ( www.FoDaFo.org ) with York University maintaining and updating those accounts.

A rich and accessible introduction to the theory and practice of the approach is available in the book Ecological Footprint: Managing Our Biocapacity Budget (2019). The European Commission provides a short summary here . Fuller methodological explanations and applications to national policy are provided in a Nature Sustainability paper (2021) and two MDPI papers, one on the national accounts method , and the other one on its implications .

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National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts

Together with York University, Toronto, Global Footprint Network has established an independent organization: Footprint Data Foundation (FoDaFo). This organization’s purpose is to be the steward of the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts.  FoDaFo independently owns and directs the production of the Accounts, with the goal to provide them with highest reliability, so they can inform public and private decision-making in an unbiased way. For the maintenance of the accounts, York University is providing the academic support. FoDaFo also has the ambition to build a coalition of countries , supported by a rigorous global academic network, to advance its work. 

Ecological Balance Sheets

Global Footprint Network’s National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts provide a comprehensive way to understand the competing demands on our planet’s ecosystems. This 2.5 minute video explains how .

Is your country running an ecological deficit?

Today, more than 80 percent of the world’s population lives in countries that are running ecological deficits, using more resources than what their ecosystems can regenerate. How does your country compare? Visit our Ecological Footprint Explorer open data platform to find the answer.

Design Possible Futures

Use our global Footprint scenario tool to design possible futures for humanity. Explore different scenarios by choosing key parameters that shape overshoot: the size of humanity’s Ecological Footprint, how many of us there are on the planet, and how quickly changes in consumption and family size are implemented. The tool then displays how your choices would affect humanity’s trajectory.

Overshoot Day

Every year Global Footprint Network puts the spotlight on global ecological overshoot by marking Earth Overshoot Day . Our campaign, which attracts media attention around the world, highlights how human overdemand drives all the main environmental challenges, from climate change to biodiversity loss and food insecurity. Earth Overshoot Day is the date  in that year humanity has used more from nature than our planet can regenerate in that same, entire year. Earth Overshoot Day has moved from late September in 2000 to August 1 in 2024.

By making ecological limits central to our decision-making, human ingenuity can find new ways for all to thrive, within the Earth’s bounds. This means investing in technology and infrastructure that will allow us to operate in the predictable future of climate change and resource constraints. It highlights that for anybody, whether a household, company, city, or country, not preparing themselves for that future, undermines their own opportunities.

Country Work

Each country has its own ecological risk profile: The majority of countries are running ecological deficits, demanding more from nature than their ecosystems can regenerate. Others depend heavily on resources from elsewhere, which are under increasing pressure. The Ecological Footprint is a resource accounting tool that helps countries manage their ecological resources and secure their future.

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Communities and city planners around the globe use our tools to guide land use and budget decisions, track sustainability progress, and support better sustainability policy and actions.

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Ecological Footprint Definition

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Ecological footprint is a method of gauging humans’ dependence on natural resources by calculating how much of the environment is needed to sustain a particular lifestyle. In other words, it measures the demand versus the supply of nature.

The ecological footprint is one way of measuring sustainability, which refers to the ability of a population to support itself in the present without compromising that ability for the future. Environmental sustainability occurs when a population can support a particular lifestyle indefinitely while still meeting the demands placed on an environment. An example of environmental sustainability is producing an amount of pollution that the environment can handle.

Key Takeaways: Ecological Footprint

• One way of measuring sustainability is the ecological footprint, which is a method of gauging humans’ dependence on natural resources. It calculates how much of the environment is needed to sustain a particular lifestyle.
• The ecological footprint can be calculated for different populations, including individuals, cities, regions, countries, or the entire planet. You can even calculate your personal ecological footprint.
• The units for ecological footprint are global hectares (gha), which measure the amount of biologically productive land with a productivity equal to the world average.
• An area is considered unsustainable if a land’s ecological footprint is greater than its biocapacity (if its demand of nature is greater than its supply).

More specifically, the ecological footprint measures the amount of “biologically productive” land or water that enables the population to sustain itself. This measurement takes into account the resources a population needs to (1) produce goods and (2) “assimilate,” or clean up, its waste. Biologically productive land and water can include arable land, pastures, and parts of the sea that contain marine life.

The units for ecological footprint are global hectares (gha) , which measure the amount of biologically productive land with a productivity equal to the world average. This land area is measured in terms of hectares, which each represent 10,000 square meters (or 2.47 acres) of land.

For some perspective, some ecological footprints of several countries are listed below. These values were listed for the year 2017 in the Global Footprint Network's Open Data Platform :

• United States: 8.0 gha/person
• Russia: 5.5 gha/person
• Switzerland: 4.5 gha/person
• Japan: 4.7 gha/person
• France: 4.6 gha/person
• China: 3.7 gha/person
• Indonesia: 1.7 gha/person
• Peru: 2.1 gha/person

Note that ecological footprints can be counterbalanced by biocapacity , which refers to the ability of a biologically productive area to continuously generate renewable resources and clean up its wastes. An area is considered unsustainable if a land’s ecological footprint is greater than its biocapacity.

Britannica reports that the ecological footprint concept was developed by a Canadian ecologist named William Rees and was further developed in a dissertation by Swiss urban planner Mathis Wackernagel, under Rees' supervision. The pair published a book in 1996 called "Our Ecological Footprint" that expanded the concept for a lay audience.

Ecological footprints and carbon footprints are both ways of measuring something’s impact on the environment. However, a carbon footprint measures the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions caused by an individual, organization, or activity. A carbon footprint is measured in units of carbon dioxide equivalents, or CO2e, which quantifies how much a certain amount of a greenhouse gas would impact global warming in reference to carbon dioxide.

The carbon footprint thus concentrates on activities that would be related to greenhouse gas emissions, rather than considering an entire lifestyle as might be the case for calculating an ecological footprint. A carbon footprint would be used, for example, to determine the impact that burning fossil fuels or consuming electricity would have on the environment.

The ecological footprint considers many variables, and the calculations can become complicated. To calculate the ecological footprint of a nation, you would use the equation found in this research paper by Tiezzi et al. :

EF = ΣT i /Y w x EQF i ,

where T i is the annual amount of tons of each product i that are consumed in the nation, Y w is the yearly world-average yield for producing each product i , and EQF i is the equivalence factor for each product i .

This equation compares the amount of goods consumed in a nation relative to how many of those goods were produced in the world, on average. Equivalence factors, which differ depending on land use and year, help convert a specific land area into the appropriate number of global hectares. Yield factors take into account how different types of land can have smaller or larger impact on an ecological footprint calculation that factors in many types of products.

Example Calculation

The ecological footprint factors in the influence from many sources, but the calculation is very similar for each individual product. After finding out the ecological footprint for every product, you would add all your answers to figure out the overall ecological footprint.

Let's say you are growing carrots and corn on your farm and you want to figure out your farm's ecological footprint based solely on your crop production.

You know a few things:

• This year, you are harvesting 2 tons of corn and 3 tons of carrots from your farm.
• Your farm's average yield per hectare for carrots is 8 tons/ha for corn and 10 tons/ha for carrots.
• The yield factors for your corn and carrots are both 1.28 wha/ha. Here, wha stands for world-average hectare, which describes how much area of a specific type of land has a productivity equal to the world average. World-average hectares differ from global hectares in that global hectares do not discriminate by the type of land, and so allows for the direct comparison between vastly different products.
• The equivalence factor for your corn and carrots are both 2.52 gha/wha.

First, let's calculate the ecological footprint of your corn:

EF corn = T corn /Y corn x YF corn x EQF corn

EF corn = (2 tons) / (8 tons/ha) * (1.28 wha/ha) * (2.52 gha/wha) = 0.81 gha

Now, let's do the same for your carrots:

EF carrots = (3 tons) / (10 tons/ha) * (1.28 wha/ha) * (2.52 gha/wha) = 0.97 gha

Therefore, the ecological footprint of growing your crops is:

0.81 gha + 0.97 gha = 1.78 gha

This means that in order to grow your crops, you would need 1.78 hectares of biologically productive land with a productivity equivalent to the world average. You can add in more terms to take into consideration other factors, like how much electricity you might need to run your farm.

To see if your farm is sustainable, you should check whether the ecological footprint you calculated is less than the biocapacity of the land you are growing your crops on. If so, your farm is producing crops at a rate that the land can handle.

Applying the Equation to Other Categories

The equation can also be applied to different individuals and situations. If you are growing crops and wanted to calculate your own ecological footprint, for example, you would take into account the annual yield of the product on your farm instead of the annual national yield, and calculate the yield factor for your particular location relative to the world. The product does not have to be a crop, either. The equation can be applied to other goods such as electricity.

If you want to find out your own ecological footprint, some organizations have set up online calculators. You can check out Global Footprint Network , an organization aiming to create a sustainable future. It gives each person an estimate of their "personal overshoot day" and the results may surprise you.

This is a reference to Earth Overshoot Day , when the planet goes into resource overdraft to support lavish lifestyles, and when "humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year." Overshooting means that resources are being depleted at a rate that exceeds the capacity for regeneration.

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In a short span of two decades, the ecological footprint concept as a framework for impact assessment and sustainability planning through the focus on earthly “capital” limits in the form of land resources has grown in popularity. A unique selling point of the concept is its focus on physical limits, thereby making it an “area-based analogue” of other popular impact assessment methodologies. In this chapter, a critical re-examination of the presentation of ecological footprint information is attempted with reference to past studies. In particular, the aspect of “spatiality” and “visualization” of the ecological footprint is explored by juxtaposing popular presentation techniques with the original goals of ecological footprint analysis. The result of the discussion is an identification of several shortcomings inherent in presentation techniques in ecological footprint literature and a subsequent suggestion of a standardized, spatial presentation technique that is in-line with present trajectories in the field of study. The ultimate aim of this chapter is to allow the various manifestations of ecological consumptions to be “mapped” in a comparable and meaningful manner (and traced dynamically), with a degree of flexibility among the different approaches to ecological footprint analysis.

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ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT. Biosystems Engineering Class 14 August 2009. Biosytems Engineers. A biological systems engineer has a background in what both environmental engineers and biologists do, thus bridging the gap between engineering and the biological sciences.

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ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT Biosystems Engineering Class 14 August 2009

Biosytems Engineers • A biological systems engineer has a background in what both environmental engineers and biologists do, thus bridging the gap between engineering and the biological sciences. • For this reason, biological systems engineers are becoming integral, valuable parts of many environmental engineering firms, consulting firms, federal agencies, and biotechnology industries.

Specialization Options • Land and water resources engineering • Food and bioprocess engineering • Machinery systems engineering • Natural resources and environmental engineering

Sustainable Development • Sustainable development is “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (UN World Commission on Environment and Development 1987, the ‘Brundtland Report’)

Food for Thoughts • Health is wealth • The nation’s resources and wealth should not be plundered • There’s a price to pay for development • We humans should be aware of this need to collectively police the environment • Systematic planning for development so that the future generations won’t have to suffer from our misdoings

Ecological Footprint

Earth Ecological Footprint • Earth – 11.2 billion hectares (27.7 billion acres) of biologically productive land and sea surfaces such as cropland, forest, fishing grounds for a global population of 6.7 billion people that is • 1.8 hectares per person

World Footprint Do we fit on the planet? • Today, humanity uses the equivalent of 1.3 planets to provide the resources we use and absorb our waste. This means it now takes the Earth one year and four months to regenerate what we use in a year. • Moderate UN scenarios suggest that if current population and consumption trends continue, by the mid 2030s we will need the equivalent of two Earths to support us. And of course, we only have one.

Ponder this … • Everyday we have an impact on the environment • We use fuel / energy, inhale oxygen, create waste, breath CO2 into the air • Do we walk lightly on the Earth?

Footprint Basics - Overview • Humanity needs what nature provides, but how do we know how much we’re using and how much we have to use? • The Ecological Footprint has emerged as the world’s premier measure of humanity’s demand on nature. • It measures how much land and water area a human population requires to produce the resource it consumes and to absorb its wastes, using prevailing technology.

Ecological Footprint - Definition • The ‘ecological footprint’ of a specified population is the area of land and water ecosystems required, on a continuous basis, to produce the resourcesthat the population consumes, and to assimilate the wastesthat the population produces, wherever on Earth the relevant land / water may be located.

How is an Ecological Footprint calculated? • Ecological Footprints can be calculated for individuals, groups of people (such as a nation), and activities (such as manufacturing a product).

How is an Ecological Footprint calculated? • The Ecological Footprint of a person is calculated by considering all of the biological materials consumed and all of the biological wastes generated by that person in a given year. All these materials and wastes are then individually translated into an equivalent number of global hectares.

How is an Ecological Footprint calculated? • To accomplish this, the amount of material consumed by that person (tonnes per year) is divided by the yield of the specific land or sea area (annual tonnes per hectare) from which it was harvested, or where its waste material was absorbed. • The number of hectares that result from this calculation are then converted to global hectares using yield and equivalence factors. • The sum of the global hectares needed to support the resource consumption and waste generation of the person is that person's Ecological Footprint.

EF Quiz • Give yourself 3 points for every “a” answer • Give yourself 2 points for every “b” answer • Give yourself 1 point for every “c” answer

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT QUIZ

Use of EF • The Ecological Footprint is now in wide use by scientists, businesses, governments, agencies, individuals, and institutions working to monitor ecological resource use and advance sustainable development. • It now takes the Earth one year and four months to regenerate what we use in a year.

What is the Ecological Footprint? • The Ecological Footprint is a resource accounting tool to answer a specific resource question: How much of the biological capacity of the planet is required by a given human activity or population?

Biocapacity • Biocapacity (short for biological capacity) represents the ability of ecosystems • to produce useful biological materials and • to absorb wastes generated by humans

Measure of Ecological Footprint • Remainder = Biocapacity - Ecological Footprint • Where each term is in global hectares (gha), a form of area normalized for average productivity. (1 hectare = approx. 2.5 acres)

What is a global hectare? • A global hectare is a common unit that encompasses the average productivity of all the biologically productive land and sea area in the world in a given year. • Biologically productive areas include cropland, forest and fishing grounds, and do not include deserts, glaciers and the open ocean.

What is Ecological Overshoot? Overshoot, which in this context is shorthand for ecological overshoot, occurs when a population’s demand on an ecosystem exceeds the capacity of that ecosystem to regenerate the resources it consumes and to absorb its wastes.

Ecological Overshoot • Turning resources into waste faster than waste can be turned back into resources puts us in global ecological overshoot, depleting the very resources on which human life and biodiversity depend. • The result is collapsing fisheries, diminishing forest cover, depletion of fresh water systems, and the build up of pollution and waste, which creates problems like global climate change. These are just a few of the most noticeable effects of overshoot.

What is Ecological Overshoot? The Ecological Footprint is often used to calculate global ecological overshoot, which occurs when humanity’s demand on the biosphere exceeds the available biological capacity of the planet. By definition, overshoot leads to a depletion of the planet’s life supporting biological capital and/or to an accumulation of waste products.

Overshoot Problem • Today the spotlight is on carbon, but climate change is happening as we approach other critical limits in fisheries, forests, cropland, and water. Unless we focus on ending overshoot as a whole-systems problem, some of our solutions to global warming could cause large, unintended impacts. • In the rush toward biofuels, for example, we are in many cases shifting pressure to cropland and forestland.

What EF indicates • By measuring the Ecological Footprint of a population—an individual, city, business, nation, or all of humanity—we can assess our pressure on the planet, which helps us manage our ecological assets more wisely and take personal and collective action in support of a world where humanity lives within the Earth’s bounds.

Carbon Footprint • The carbon component of the Ecological Footprint goes beyond this definition and translates this amount of carbon dioxide into the amount of forest area required to sequester carbon dioxide emissions. This tells us the demand on the planet that results from burning fossil fuels.

Carbon Footprint • There is a carbon component to the Ecological Footprint. • the term ‘carbon footprint’ often refers to the number of tonnes of carbon emitted by a given person or business during a year, or to the tonnes of carbon emitted in the manufacture and transport of a product. • It measures the amount of biological capacity, in global hectares, demanded by human emissions of fossil carbon dioxide.

Carbon Footprint • Global climate change is one of humanity’s greatest challenges and one of the most important indicators that we are in ecological overshoot. Since the carbon footprint is 50 percent of humanity’s overall Ecological Footprint, reducing our carbon footprint is essential to ending ecological overshoot.

Impact of EF • The Footprint tracks current human demand on nature in terms of the area required to supply the resources used and absorb the waste emitted in providing goods and services. • Footprint assessments are historical rather than predictive, and make no judgment about the value of technologies that may become available in the future.

Impact of EF • As new technologies come on line that affect biocapacity and resource-efficiency, their impact on resource supply and demand are reflected in biocapacity and Footprint assessments. In other words, the Footprint and biocapacity results reported in any given year are in part a function of the technology used in that year.

Ecological Footprint Summary

What does the Ecological Footprint measure? • The Ecological Footprintmeasuresthe amount of biologically productive land and sea area an individual, a region, all of humanity, or a human activity requires to produce the resources it consumes and absorb the waste it generates, and compares this measurement to how much land and sea area is available.

What does the Ecological Footprint measure? • Biologically productive land and sea includes area that • 1) supports human demand for food, fiber, timber, energy and space for infrastructure and • 2) absorbs the waste products from the human economy. • Biologically productive areas include cropland, forest and fishing grounds, and do not include deserts, glaciers and the open ocean.

What does the Ecological Footprint measure? • Current Ecological Footprint Standards use global hectares as a measurement unit – which makes data and results globally comparable.

Overshoot Impact • Overshoot also contributes to resource conflicts and wars, mass migrations, famine, disease and other human tragedies • Using tools like the Ecological Footprint to manage our ecological assets is essential for humanity’s survival and success. • Knowing how much nature we have, how much we use, and who uses what is the first step, and will allow us to track our progress as we work toward our goal of sustainable, one-planet living.

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Ecological footprint. Katherine Ortegon Taylor hurt Nate mullendore. Water in Ecological Footprint Calculators. Non-specifically quantified (i.e. “biomes”) Waterfootprint.org Individual use Food/shower/lawn care habits Calculated in cubic meters National water footprint:

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Ecological Footprint. Alysha Woodman Ernesto Vargas Rebeca Tormo Valeria Garro. What is it?. An area of land (and water) that would be required to sustainably provide for a specific population’s resources and assimilate its wastes

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Ecological footprint. Chapter 39 questions and answers. 1. Define : ecological footprint, carrying capacity, sustainability, fair earthshare , ecological overshoot, industrial revolution, productive land. Ecological Footprint – measure of total human impact on ecosystem.

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Ecological Footprint. Natural Capital. resource production (such as fish, timber or cereals), waste assimilation (such as CO2 absorption or sewage decomposition) and life support services (such as UV protection, biodiversity, water cleansing or climate stability). . Biocapacity.

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Global Ecological footprint

Global Ecological footprint. Aspects of a footprint : We need to consider each step below to understand how our actions affect the environment. You are here. 99.27% of naturally Occurring Uranium.

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My Ecological Footprint

My Ecological Footprint. By Josh and Nathan. Introduction. Our PowerPoint presentation will include: What is an ecological footprint? What is my ecological footprint? How can I improve my ecological footprint? Conclusion.

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Something to chew on Food could make or break our world Gerard Wedderburn-Bisshop Executive Director, World Preservation Foundation [email protected] Lefkothea Pavlidis Senior Scientist, World Preservation Foundation [email protected].

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Ecological Footprint. 3 MAIN POINTS. Ecological Footprint is a convention for measuring appropriation of the planet’s resources The Ecological Footprint of North America is vastly larger than the rest of the world

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The Ecological Footprint

The Ecological Footprint. By: Lisa Ketchledge Mark Wilson Mike Catoggio. Figure from http://www.ire.ubc.ca/ecoresearch/ecoftpr.html. An ecological footprint is the amount of land that it takes to support one individual….

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Ecological Footprint. Ecological Footprint. Calculating your impact Reducing our footprint Difference between wants & needs. YOUR Ecological Footprint.

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Our Ecological Footprint

Our Ecological Footprint. IB Geography. What is an Ecological Footprint?. The ecological footprint is a measure of human demand on the Earths ecosystems. It compares human demand with planet Earth's ecological capacity to regenerate. What does it represent?.

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The Ecological Footprint. Ann MacGarry Education Officer Centre for Alternative Technology. What is it? What does it tell us? What is its relevance for farming/growing in Britain? Where’s the information?. The ecological footprint is a way of expressing our impact on the planet.

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Ecological Footprint. Geography of Canada www.CraigMarlatt.com/school. Ecological Footprint.

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Ecological Footprint. Environment & Resource Management www.CraigMarlatt.com/school. Ecological Footprint. Difference Between Wants & Needs Your Impact Reducing Our Footprint. If I Had a Million Dollars. Look over the past twenty-four hours.

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Ecological Footprint. How Do we Get Rid of Our Waste?. Landfills Incineration Recycling Composting Waste-to-Energy facilities. Where Does Toronto’s Garbage Go?. Green Lane Landfill near London, Ontario It could reach capacity by 2029

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