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Australia
Ability of countries to support their citizens from their own environment
Philippines
Japon
South Korea
Indonesia Malaysia
Thailand
China
Bangladesh
India
Pakistan
Russian Federation
Turquie
Canada
South Africa
Brazil
Argentine
Mexico
Chile
Europe:
Austria
Denmark
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Spain
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Finland
Sweden
United States
1
3
2
4
5
6
Hectare
per person
0
7
Deficit
Surplus
Source: Earthday Network
Will nature be able to supply all services that
human beings need?
The Ecological Footprint measures the amount
of productive land area needed to support a
nation’s consumption and waste. This indicator
shows that in many countries, as well as for the
planet as a whole, the demand for natural re-
sources, or the “ecological capacity”, exceeds
the amount available. Countries that are not
able to support their national consumption with
their own natural resources are running at an
“ecological deficit”. Therefore these countries
have to either import ecological capacity from
other places, or take it from future generations.
14
15
Aluminum
Iron
Crude Steel
Zinc
Tin
Nickel
Consumption of selected industrial raw materials
compared to global population
Copper
0
20
40
60
80
France, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom and United States (5 countries)
Rest of the world (188 countries)
100 %
Population
Source: University of Minnesota