Showing papers by "Mathis Wackernagel published in 2002"
TL;DR: It is indicated that human demand may well have exceeded the biosphere's regenerative capacity since the 1980s and humanity's load corresponded to 70% of the capacity of the global biosphere in 1961, and grew to 120% in 1999.
Abstract: Sustainability requires living within the regenerative capacity of the biosphere. In an attempt to measure the extent to which humanity satisfies this requirement, we use existing data to translate human demand on the environment into the area required for the production of food and other goods, together with the absorption of wastes. Our accounts indicate that human demand may well have exceeded the biosphere's regenerative capacity since the 1980s. According to this preliminary and exploratory assessment, humanity's load corresponded to 70% of the capacity of the global biosphere in 1961, and grew to 120% in 1999.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a collective effort of scientists who have pioneered some of these tools and approaches and document essential elements for developing sustainability and how these elements relate to the application of the respective tools.
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29 Oct 2002