Based On the EF and Biocapacity which of the following count

Based On the EF and Biocapacity, which of the following countries has been developing more sustainabily and Why ?

Solution

Enhanced understanding of the country\'s Ecological Footprint & Bio- caapcity -

1. Identifies resources constraint & dependencies.

2. Recognizes resource opportunities(eg forest)

These two concepts were developed by the Global Footprint network & are quantifies as global hectares(gha).

Formulae for Ecological Footprint & Biocapacity : EF=P/Y_N.YF.EQF;P= amt. of a product harvested or waste emitted (equal to D:annual demand of a product,YN = national average yield for P & YF & EQF are yield factors & equivalence factor respectively for the country & land in use type question.

Bio Capacity Assessment : National Bio Capacity calculation startswith the total amount of Bio productive land available. Bioproductive refers to land & water that (supports photosynthesis significant activity & accumulation of the Bio-mass.)Country\'s Bio-Capacity Formulae BC(Bio Capacity ) =A.YF.EQF ; WHERE, A= Area available for a given land use type & YF & EQF are yield factor & Equivalence Factor.

Viablly to find out which country has developed more sustainabily crosset over : global hectare capita keeping in review years slight fluctuation.(dia)

AREA* BIO PRODUCTIVITY = BIO-CAPACITY

POP* CONSUMPTION*PER PERSON*RESOURCE*WASTE INTENSITY=ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT (DEMAND)

Ecological Footprint & Bio-Capacity ; both provide common basis on which to compare the biological capability of the environment to provide food & other essential needs v/s the demand placed by human communities on the ecological Services.

If the Ecological Footprint of a human population exceeds the Bio-Capacity of the environment , the situation is unsustainable but the situation is quite contrary as seen in the above diagram:

Both the countries Brazil & Canada are Sustainable as Ecological Footprint do not exceed Bio-Capacity. Both are living on capital rather than income overshoot .

As seen from diagram we find that for CANADA-Total human Ecological Footprint : 6 approx Compared to BioCapacity of 24 gha while that of BRAZIL- 0.25 approx (EF) & 23 gha approx (Biocapacity) depictes that country Brazil more sustainable as compared to country Canada. Expli for this already stated above.