Define ecological footprint? What is it ?Who created it?And why ?Why did you do it? And what are the results and findings. When answering why did you do it answer your own perception .

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What is Ecological Footprint?
     The term ‘Ecological Footprint’ is a science-based accounting methodology used to measure the concu
ence of humanity and its demand on nature by comparing human demands alongside the services and capacity of the ecosystem or plants (WWF-Brasil 2012). It estimates human consumption in relation to the generative capacity of the biosphere at a global, national, municipal or regional as well as individual level (UBC news 2012). Translating the natural resources into a single form of metric makes it possible to benchmark the performance of environment and monitor the progress of mankind in regards to a sustainability.
Developed by a team under Mathis Wackernagel and Willaim Rees at the University of British Columbia, the methodology of ecological footprint came into existence. Rees, an emeritus professor at UBC school of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) and Wackernagel, a doctoral student of Rees were distinctively recognised and awarded the Blue Planet Award for their remarkable concept of ‘ecological footprint’ for sustainability at the Rio+20 United Nations conference for sustainable development in the year 2012 in Brazil (UBC news 2012). The method is now used and coordinated by the Global Footprint Network which was founded in 2003 (WWF- Brasil 2012).
Although people live in different areas spread over the earth, the calculation of ecological footprint determines the consumption of resources for all, i
espective of the location (WWF- Brasil 2012). To be able to balance the use of earth’s resources within the limit of its capacity is crucial as Rees and Wackernagel estimates that if every individual utilises the resources as much as an average American does, it would require at least four earths to sustain the rate of consumption, depletion and waste assimilation in its totality (UBC news 2012). The ecological overload is determined to be increasing; people on earth has been using 1.5 of earth’s resources (WWF-Brasil 2012). Therefore, in order to keep a track on the progress of mankind towards sustainability and coexistence with the resources gifted by mother earth, the method of ecological footprint has become widely used. The components of footprints can be calculated relative to the contribution as a whole which further targets to maximise the value of footprint savings by carefully strategizing accordingly. To value what has been given to us and to use these efficiently ground the principle behind the concept. So the questions answered includes, how much do we have to use? And how much nature do we have?
Why did you do it?
    The methodology of ecological footprint has been increasingly used by countries to keep a track on the ‘tracks’ of footprints that we leave behind in relation to consumer habits from a country level to cities more recently (WWF-Brasil 2012). As people have become more aware of the consequences and effect of our daily activities on the environment, the need for a measurement as this comes in to determine the extent of the use of land and sea resources to the available land and sea resources. This is calculated in terms of global hectares per individual. The ecological components studied under this method includes cropland or food, grazing land or animal livestock, forest or timber, and fisheries (Pariona 2017).
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ought estimates of various countries worldwide. It has also calculated the ecological footprints of various social organisations. Therefore choosing the ecological footprint method of determining consumption with available resources has
ought about revelation to the programme and policy makers, to various leaders in the society and also to the masses. Every human being is taken into account and has been viewed of their...