SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
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Question
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amount and efficiency of resource use
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amount of waste produced
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size of population
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toxicity of waste produced
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Detailed explanation-1: -"The footprint calculation does not consider whether stocks of natural resources are decreasing or increasing as a result of human consumption. This question is critical for understanding ecological impacts."
Detailed explanation-2: -They indicated that the EF is affected by the following three factors: resource intensity in the production of goods and services, consumption of goods and services per person, and population size.
Detailed explanation-3: -The six demand categories considered are: cropland, grazing land, fishing grounds, forest products, carbon and built-up land Footprints.
Detailed explanation-4: -The ecological footprint of a population is an area of land (and water) that would be required to sustainably provide all of a particular population’s resources and assimilate all its wastes.