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Ecological Footprint

The Ecological Footprint is a measure of how much biologically productive land and water an individual, population or activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the waste it generates using prevailing technology and resource management practices.

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consumption, impact, monitoring, indicator, lifestyle, waste, resources, natural resource use, population resource consumption, reduce footprint, sustainable consumption, waste absorption, ecologically productive land, energy use, water use, building materials, consumables, land supporting human activity, environmental sustainability, ethical consumption, industrial ecosystems, material goods, products, carbon footprint

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The Global Footprint Networksupports a sustainable economy by advancing the Ecological Footprint, a measurement and management tool that makes the reality of planetary limits central to decision-makers throughout the world.

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