A modest proposal: global rationalization of ecological footprint to eliminate ecological debt

A modest proposal: global rationalization of ecological footprint to eliminate ecological debt

In the context of ecological overshoot, extreme poverty, and profligate consumption, we propose using ecological footprint analysis (EFA) to regulate and rationalize material consumption worldwide. EFA quantifies human-consumption flows relative to renewable natural capital stocks given specified le...

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Main Authors: William Anderson, Steven Wolf, Brian Ohl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2008-04-01
Series:Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy
Subjects:
geopolitics
international trade
environmental equity
incentives
sustainable development
economics
resource conservation
sustainability
Online Access:http://ejournal.nbii.org/archives/vol4iss1/0707-016.ohl.html

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