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Footprint of nations: world's ecological footprint exceeds biocapacity by nearly 40%.(Brief article)

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The Ecological Footprint is a measure of the amount of nature it takes to sustain a given population over the course of a year. According to the new 2005 Footprint of Nations report, humanity's footprint is 57 acres per person while the Earth's biological capacity is just 41 acres per person. By comparing a population's footprint with its biological ...

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