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    The ecological footprint measures humanity's demand on the Earth's natural resources, calculating the amount of productive land and sea area required to support populations and consumption. It considers six categories of land use and compares the total demand on nature, or footprint, against the available supply of natural resources, or biocapacity. If a region's footprint exceeds its biocapacity, it is running an ecological deficit and unsustainably consuming more than what local ecosystems can renew.

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    The ecological footprint measures humanity's demand on the Earth's natural resources, calculating the amount of productive land and sea area required to support populations and consumption. It considers six categories of land use and compares the total demand on nature, or footprint, against the available supply of natural resources, or biocapacity. If a region's footprint exceeds its biocapacity, it is running an ecological deficit and unsustainably consuming more than what local ecosystems can renew.

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    The ecological footprint measures humanity's demand on the Earth's natural resources, calculating the amount of productive land and sea area required to support populations and consumption. It considers six categories of land use and compares the total demand on nature, or footprint, against the available supply of natural resources, or biocapacity. If a region's footprint exceeds its biocapacity, it is running an ecological deficit and unsustainably consuming more than what local ecosystems can renew.

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    Ecological Footprint

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    The ecological footprint measures humanity's demand on the Earth's natural resources, calculating the amount of productive land and sea area required to support populations and consumption. It considers six categories of land use and compares the total demand on nature, or footprint, against the available supply of natural resources, or biocapacity. If a region's footprint exceeds its biocapacity, it is running an ecological deficit and unsustainably consuming more than what local ecosystems can renew.

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    Ecological

    Footprint
    First of all we should give the
    definition of the Ecological Footprint
    Ecological footprint
    measure of the
    demands made by a
    person or group of
    people on global natural
    resources.
    The Footprint helps

    →
    COUNTRIES LOCAL LEADERS INDIVIDUALS

    to improve sustainability to optimize public project to understand their


    and well-being investments impact on the planet
    Ecological Footprint measures
    →

    →
    the demand of nature. the supply of nature
    The Ecological Footprint uses six categories of productive surface areas.
    They are:

    ● cropland ● built-up land

    ● grazing land ● forest area

    ● fishing grounds ● carbon demand on land


    The demand of nature includes:
    plant-based food and
    fiber products
    livestock and fish
    products

    timber and other


    forest products
    The supply of nature includes:
    a city, state, or nation’s biocapacity.

    Biocapacity represents:

    biologically productive land sea area


    We can compare ecological
    footprint and its biocapacity.
    ▪ If a population’s Ecological
    Footprint exceeds the
    region’s biocapacity, that
    region runs an ecological
    deficit. A region in
    ecological deficit meets
    demand by importing,
    liquidating its own
    ecological assets and
    emitting carbon dioxide into
    the atmosphere.

    ▪ If a region’s biocapacity exceeds its


    Ecological Footprint, it has an ecological
    reserve.
    To sum it up, I can say that we need food, shelter and
    heating to survive. Our planet’s ecological resources
    help fulfill these needs.

    So, the ecological footprint


    is the metric that measures
    how much nature we have
    and how much nature we use.
    THANK YOU FOR
    ATTENTION!

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