ecological footprint

== English == === Etymology === First used by William E. Rees in 1992 and further refined by Mathis Wackernagel in his PhD thesis. === Pronunciation === === Noun === ecological footprint (plural ecological footprints) 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. Coordinate term: carbon footprint ==== Translations ==== === See also === carrying capacity === References === === Further reading === ecological footprint on Wikipedia.Wikipedia