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Getting to know the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts
We sat down (virtually, of course) with David Lin, our Chief Science Officer and Eric Miller, Director, Ecological Footprint Initiative, York University in Toronto, to discuss the new 2021 edition of the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts. First, can you... Read MorePUBLICO: Portugal tem a maior pegada alimentar do Mediterrâneo
Portugal importa 73% dos alimentos e é o país mediterrânico com a maior pegada alimentar per capita, conclui um estudo da Universidade de Aveiro (UA), divulgado esta segunda-feira. “A alimentação pesa 30% na pegada ecológica dos portugueses, mais do que os transportes ou... Read More
WEBINAR: One-Planet Prosperity - Choosing our Future by Design, not Disaster
Watch the event recording “One planet” is not a metaphor; it is a description. It is not a goal, but rather a recognition of our context. It acknowledges that there is a limited ecological budget our planet makes available. Human... Read More
SDGS: BUILDING BACK BETTER: Biodiversity for survival
I am proud to be a sack of ocean water walking on land. After all, life started to evolve in our planet’s oceans. Some life forms bagged up that water, added legs, and started to live on land. We, people,... Read MoreTHE ECONOMIST: Human beings are wreaking havoc on the Earth’s biodiversity
“HUMAN BEINGS have overrun the world.” So laments Sir David Attenborough, a world-famous nonagenarian naturalist, in his new film, “David Attenborough: A Life on our Planet”. The film charts the “devastating changes” that humans have wrought on the planet’s biodiversity.... Read More
7th Portuguese town announces its Footprint results
Portugal’s City Footprinting initiative marked a new milestone yesterday, as the second cohort of municipalities to join the program started publishing the results of their Footprint assessment yesterday. In the city of Barcelos, masked elected officials and researchers from the... Read More
Japan: Two Decades of Ecological Footprinting
Updated April 2023 In 1996, Japan was the first country to officially adopt the Ecological Footprint. Now, Global Footprint Network works with Ecological Footprint Japan to serve Japan’s cities, businesses, regional governments, national ministries, research organizations, and NGOs. Jump... Read MoreEXPRESSO: Mais de 70% dos alimentos que comemos vêm de fora
Comemos em excesso, importamos demasiado e desperdiçamos muito. Tudo isso leva-nos a ultrapassar os limites da capacidade de regeneração dos recursos naturais do território e do mar que nos circunda. Para satisfazer tanta “gula”, importamos 73% dos alimentos, e só... Read More