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A measure of how much biologically productive land and water area an individual, population or activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the waste it generates using prevailing technology and resource management practices.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
First used by William E. Rees in 1992 and further refined by Mathis Wackernagel in his PhD thesis.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
petjada ecològica
— measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
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Chinese Mandarin:
生態足跡 /生态足迹
(shēngtàizújì)
— measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
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Dutch:
ecologische voetafdruk
— measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
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Esperanto:
ekologia premsigno
— measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
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Esperanto:
ekologia piedsigno
— measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
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Finnish:
ekologinen jalanjälki
— measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
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Finnish:
ekojalanjälki
— measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
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French:
empreinte écologique
— measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
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German:
Ökologischer Fußabdruck
— measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
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Hungarian:
ökológiai lábnyom
— measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
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Italian:
impronta ecologica
— measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
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Korean:
생태발자국
(saengtaebaljaguk)
— measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
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Polish:
ślad ekologiczny
— measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
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Portuguese:
pegada ecológica
— measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
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Russian:
экологи́ческий след
(ekologíčeskij sled)
— measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
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Spanish:
huella ecológica
— measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
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Vietnamese:
dấu chân sinh thái
— measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
