Ecological footprint is a measure of the demand we place on our planet to satisfy our lifestyle. It has to be compared with the planet’s capacity to regenerate its ecosystem (“Biocapacity”). Measured in global hectares (gha), it accounts for resource consumption and waste generation from human activities on the earth. A sustainable situation exists when a person, a community, or a country’s ecological footprint is within the earth’s biocapacity. Unfortunately, our
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What is Ecological Footprint?
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Ecological footprint is a measure of the demand we place on our planet to satisfy our lifestyle. It has to be compared with the planet’s capacity to regenerate its ecosystem (“Biocapacity”). Measured in global hectares (gha), it accounts for resource consumption and waste generation from human activities on the earth. A sustainable situation exists when a person, a community, or a country’s ecological footprint is within the earth’s biocapacity. Unfortunately, our