Does the Shoe Fit? Real versus Imagined Ecological Footprints
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land unit (global hectares or gha), representing the bioproductivity of a world-averaged hectare [15,16]. On the global scale, when the footprint of consumption exceeds biocapacity, the interpretation is that humans are exceeding the regenerative capacity of Earth’s ecosystems and therefore depleting stocks of natural capital, a state known as ‘‘over-
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دوره 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013