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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > environmental sustainability > ecological footprint
Preferred Term:

ecological footprint

Definition:
An ecological footprint is a measurement of the area, whether land- or water-based, required to support a certain level and/or type of consumption by an enterprise, activity, individual or population. The footprint calculation assesses the resources (e.g.the amount of water, energy, nutrients or land, [natural capital]) required for the production of what is being consumed and the resources required to assimilate the resulting waste.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
environmental sustainability
Narrower Concepts:
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • environmental footprint
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/137771
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