lecture 1

Question 1

ecological footprint?

Answer 1

measures the population’s demand for natural eco system supply of resources and services

Question 2

on the demand side, the eco logical foot print measures?

Answer 2

an individual or population demand for plant based food and fiber products, live stock and fish, timber

Question 3

on supply side?

Answer 3

biocapacity represents it’s biologically productive land and sea area, including forests, grazing lands, cropland and fishing

Question 4

biocapacity of an ecosystem?

Answer 4

estimate of it’s production of certain biological Materiels such as natural resources, and it’s absorption and filtering of other materials such as CO2

Question 5

ecological footprint and biocapacity are expressed in?

Answer 5

global hectares (100 hectare in 1 square km_

Question 6

biocapacity deficit?

Answer 6

ecological footprint exceeds the region’s biocapacity

Question 7

ecological deficit?

Answer 7

region meets demand by importing, emitting CO2 into atmosphere

Question 8

many countries are “in the red”. Explain.

Answer 8

means that they use more natural resources (ecological footprint) than their ecosystems can regenerate (biocapacity). they are running an ecological deficit. biocapcity is greater than it’s population’s ecological footprint.

Question 9

ecological footprint contains of?

Answer 9

forest products
carbon footprint
cropland
pasture
build up land
fishries

Question 10

recommendations to reduce your footprint.

Answer 10

1- measure your footprint and set annual targets to reduce it
2- make your home as energy efficent as possible
3- make holidays closer to home
4- eat local and organic food
5- make waste obsolete