Eco Footprint as a sustainability indicator

Luana Ferreira Pires, Fbio Freitas dos Santos, orientadora Prof. Dra. Anglica Gois Morales,
UNESP Campus Tup, Administrao, luanaf.p@hotmail.com, Bolsista de Iniciao Cientfica
FAPESP.
Palavras Chave: Eco Footprint, environment, sustainability.

XXVII Congresso de Iniciao Cientfica

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Introduction bases and dissertations of productive territories, debate sustainability.
and theses on this according World Wildlife
The rise of economic Acknowledgmen
theme. Fund3: land
development has been ts
bioproductive, sea
accompanied by the Results and bioproductive, power of To Fundao de Amparo
expansion of an Discussion land, land built, Pesquisa at Estado de
unsustainable standard
The calculation of the biodiversity of land. So Paulo, FAPESP.
of living, in response to
Eco Footprint was Criticism of the Eco ___________________
which, there was a need
developed by Willian Footprint caused _
to develop tools to
Rees and Mathis adjustments in his 1
AMARAL, R. C. Anlise da
measure environmental aplicabilidade da Pegada
Wackernagel in the pioneering method of
sustainability across the Ecolgica em contextos
1990s, to obtain an calculation, there other universitrios: estudo de caso
habits of the consumer
estimate of the amount ways to get the result no campus de So Carlos da
society. They were, Universidade de So Paulo,
of bioproductive land indicator, and this
therefore, developed 2010. Trabalho de Graduao
area required for the allowed their application (Graduao em Engenharia
sustainability indicators Ambiental), Universidade de So
production of the at different levels,
capable of providing Paulo, So Carlos, 2010.
resources used by a covering regional, 2
GONZLEZ, L. V. A.;
environmental RINCN,M.A.P.Indicadorda
population, and to municipal, business ,
diagnosis, demarcated Pegada Ecolgica: aspectos
assimilate the waste school , family and tericos e conceituais para
in time and space,
generated by it. Amaral 1 personal experiences, aplicao no mbito de
indicating weaknesses universidades. In: PHILIPPI
points as the foundation as well as global and
of an environment. JNIOR,A.;MALHEIROS,T.F.
of this indicator the federal. Therefore, in (Org.) Indicadores de
According Amaral1, the sustentabilidade e gesto
concept of load general and on the
Eco Footprint It has ambiental. Barueri: Manole,
capacity, the maximum literature Amaral1 and 2013.
excelled among those
load imposed by a Gonzlez; Rincn2, the 3
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND.
instruments, receiving Pegada Ecolgica: que marcas
group of people, without Eco Footprint is adopted
acceptance of authors queremos deixar no planeta?
causing damage to the as a sustainability Braslia,2007.
and organizations
environment. Essa indicator, it provides a
because of its political-
definio esclarece a basis for decision-
pedagogical potential,
pertinncia da making articulating the
and his method that
constatao da tripod economy, society
results clearly and
disponibilidade dos and environment.
objectively the
environmental impacts recursos naturais para
prover as necessidades Conclusions
caused by human
actions. humanas. The intensified
The original Eco discussion of
Goals Footprint methodology environmental issues
employs conversion requires its debate on all
This study aimed to factors that transform social segments, and
carry out the preliminary consumption and the Eco Footprint, while
survey of the literature human waste in hectare environmental
on the Eco Footprint of land bioproductive. management tool,
sustainability indicator, Thus, there were five information provider to
in order to provide consumer categories the consumer and for
theoretical basis, for defined: food, housing, the institution of
further application of the energy, goods and business and
instrument in the services and, transport. government
university environment In function of degree of environmental policies,
at UNESP, Campus of accuracy expected and and mitigation actions of
Tup. the availability of data, negative environmental
Gonzlez e Rincn2 impacts, it presents a
Material and
Methods they claim that these flexible methodology ,
categories may vary in subject to suitability and
To develop this work each study. application in different
relied on exploratory For each consumption scenarios, encouraging
research, through class, the authors of the the dissemination of its
literature review, from Eco Footprint they concept both in
scientific articles estimated the land area academia and in other
published in scientific bioproductive upon
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