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The Ecological Footprint as a Sustainability MetricBiocapacity Accounting

The Ecological Footprint as a Sustainability Metric: Biocapacity Accounting [The focus of this chapter is on the biocapacityBiocapacity side of Ecological FootprintEcological footprint (EF) and biocapacityBiocapacity accounting. This is based on measuring natural capitalNatural capital for a land-based metric. Global hectares are the unit for establishing comparable portions of land around the world that support humanity’s consumption. This represents the resource base (natural capitalNatural capital) that supports human life and activities. It can be characterised as ‘carrying capacityCarrying capacity’ because it poses an environmental limit to human consumptionEcological Footprint of consumption (EFC)consumption Footprint. In this way, biocapacityBiocapacity is a fundamental part of the Ecological FootprintEcological footprint (EF) and biocapacityBiocapacity accounting. When the Ecological FootprintEcological footprint (EF) is set against biocapacityBiocapacity, a full picture of the environmental situation can be presented at different scales. BiocapacityBiocapacity acts like a ‘measuring stick’ for consumption and, thereby, performs a vital function in the accounts. This chapter addresses biocapacityBiocapacity as entailing productionEcological Footprint of consumption (EFC)Ecological Footprint of production (EFP)Ecological Footprint of consumption (EFC)production Footprint and, therefore, as a resource base for humanity. BiocapacityBiocapacity is what sets the Ecological FootprintEcological footprint (EF) apart from other performance indicators in that it provides a baseline for comparison, from where performance and sustainability can be assessed and monitored.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Ecological Footprint as a Sustainability MetricBiocapacity Accounting

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
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978-3-030-62665-5
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41 –49
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10.1007/978-3-030-62666-2_3
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[The focus of this chapter is on the biocapacityBiocapacity side of Ecological FootprintEcological footprint (EF) and biocapacityBiocapacity accounting. This is based on measuring natural capitalNatural capital for a land-based metric. Global hectares are the unit for establishing comparable portions of land around the world that support humanity’s consumption. This represents the resource base (natural capitalNatural capital) that supports human life and activities. It can be characterised as ‘carrying capacityCarrying capacity’ because it poses an environmental limit to human consumptionEcological Footprint of consumption (EFC)consumption Footprint. In this way, biocapacityBiocapacity is a fundamental part of the Ecological FootprintEcological footprint (EF) and biocapacityBiocapacity accounting. When the Ecological FootprintEcological footprint (EF) is set against biocapacityBiocapacity, a full picture of the environmental situation can be presented at different scales. BiocapacityBiocapacity acts like a ‘measuring stick’ for consumption and, thereby, performs a vital function in the accounts. This chapter addresses biocapacityBiocapacity as entailing productionEcological Footprint of consumption (EFC)Ecological Footprint of production (EFP)Ecological Footprint of consumption (EFC)production Footprint and, therefore, as a resource base for humanity. BiocapacityBiocapacity is what sets the Ecological FootprintEcological footprint (EF) apart from other performance indicators in that it provides a baseline for comparison, from where performance and sustainability can be assessed and monitored.]

Published: Jan 28, 2021

Keywords: Carrying capacity; Natural capital; Resource base; Land-based metrics; Sustainability; Performance evaluation; Assessment and monitoring; Ecosystem services; Ecological overshoot

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