Per Capita Ecological Footprint (hectares per person) Per Capita Biological Capacity (hectares per person) Ecological Credit (+) or Deficit (-) (hectares per person) Place World 2.6 1.8 -0.8 United States 6.8 3.8 Canada 7.0 13 Mexico 24 1.3 Brazil 2.5 South Africa 2.5 1.2 United Arab Emirates 8.0 0.7 Israel 4.6 0.3 Gemany 43 1.9 Russian Federation 4.4 6.6 India 0.9 0.4 China 0.5 0.8 Australia 7.5 15 Bangladesh 0.65 0.35 Denmark 4.0 4.0 Japan United Kingdom 3.7 0.7 4.0 1.1 Compiled by the authars using data from World Wide Fund for Nature Living Planet Report 2014.
If the ecological footprint per person of a country or the
world is larger than its biological capacity per person to
replenish its renewable
world is said to have an ecological deficit. If the reverse is
true, the country or the world has an ecological credit or
reserve. See Figure 1.11 for a map of the world’s ecological
debtor and creditor countries. Use the data to the right to
calculate the ecological deficit or credit for the countries
listed. (As an example, this value has been calculated and
filled in for the world.)
1. Which three countries have the largest ecological
deficits? For each of these countries, why do you
think it has a deficit?
2. Rank the countries with ecological credits in order
from highest to lowest credit. For each country, why
do you think it has an ecological credit?
3. Rank all of the countries in order from the largest to
the smallest per capita ecological footprint.
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