ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT

human demand on nature

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
-The ecological footprint measures human demand on nature.
how much nature we have and how much nature we use.
-COUNTRIES
improve sustainability and well-being

-LOCAL LEADERS
optimize public project investments

-INDIVIDUALS
understand their impact on the planet
How the Footprint Works

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

On the demand side, the Ecological Footprint measures the ecological assets that a given
population 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 six categories of productive surface areas: cropland,
grazing land, fishing grounds, built-up land, forest area, and carbon demand on land.
How the Footprint Works
Both the Ecological Footprint and bio-capacity are expressed in global hectaresglobally
comparable, standardized hectares with world average productivity.

Each city, state or nations Ecological Footprint can be compared to its bio-capacity.

If a populations Ecological Footprint exceeds the regions bio-capacity, that region runs
an ecological 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 regions ecosystems can renew. A region in ecological deficit meets demand
by importing, liquidating its own ecological assets (such as overfishing), and emitting carbon
dioxide into the atmosphere. If a regions bio-capacity exceeds its Ecological Footprint, it has
an ecological reserve.
Footprint by country

The world-average
ecological footprint in
2013 was 2.8 global
hectares per person. The
average per country
ranges from over 10 to
under 1 global hectares
per person. There is also a
high variation within
countries, based on
individual lifestyle and The more narrow carbon footprint are a component of the ecological footprint. Often,
economic possibilities. when only the carbon footprint is reported, it is expressed in weight of CO2. but it can
also be expressed in land areas like ecological footprints. Both can be applied to products,
people or whole societies.
What is your ecological footprint
Individual ecological footprint
(Per person ecological footprint)

its based on-

Energy

Settlement

Fuel

food

Check your ecological footprint

http://ecologicalfootprint.com/
THANK YOU

KISHAN KUMAR
2014UAR1349