Risk & Policy Analysts Ltd. (2007). A review of recent developments in, and the practical use of, ecological footprinting methodologies: A report to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a study, published by Defra in September 2007 which reviews recent developments in ecological footprinting methodologies, its practical application and its usefulness as a policy making tool.
The ecological footprint provides a measure of the extent to which human activities exceed two specific environmental limits; the availability of bioproductive land and the availability of forest areas to sequester carbon dioxide emissions.
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