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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. environmental sustainability
  3. ecological footprint

Preferred term

ecological footprint

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information 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.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

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Synonyms

  • environmental footprint

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https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/137771

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