The Ecological Footprint Remains a Misleading Metric of Global Sustainability

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Blomqvist, Linus ^a   Brook, Barry W ^b   Ellis, Erle C ^c   Kareiva, Peter M ^d   Nordhaus, Ted ^a   Shellenberger, Michael ^a  

^a Breakthrough Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREENHOUSE GAS; PLANTATION;

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; HUMANS;

EID: 84889058690     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001702     Document Type: Article

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