FORESTRY
ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
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Question
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What factor does not determine the size of an individual’s ecological footprint?
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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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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Ecological Footprint tracks the use of productive surface areas. Typically these areas are: cropland, grazing land, fishing grounds, built-up land, forest area, and carbon demand on land.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
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