Publications

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Reports

• China Ecological Footprint Report 2012
  Global Footprint Network, WWF
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• Japan Ecological Footprint Report 2012
  Global Footprint Network, WWF
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• AFED Report: "Survival Options: Ecological Footprint of Arab Countries"
  Arab Forum for Environment and Development, Global Footprint Network
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• Ecological Footprint of the Philippines Report: A Measure for Resilience
  Global Footprint Network
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• E-RISC: Environmental Risk Integration in Sovereign Credit Analysis
  Global Footprint Network
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• Atlas de L’Empreinte Ecologique et de la Biocapacité des Pays Membres de la Francophone
  Global Footprint Network
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• Mediterranean Ecological Footprint Trends
  Global Footprint Network
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• Why are resource limits now undermining economic performance?
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• 2011 Annual Report
  Global Footprint Network
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• The Ecological Footprint of São Paulo - State and Capital
  Global Footprint Network, WWF
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• The Ecological Footprint of Campo Grande
  Global Footprint Network, WWF
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• Living Planet Report 2012
  WWF, Global Footprint and Zoological Society of London
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• Turkey Ecological Footprint Report
  WWF, Global Footprint Network
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• Resource Constraints and Economic Performance in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  Global Footprint Network and UNDP
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• Ecological Footprint Analysis: San Francisco- Oakland- Fremont, CA
  Global Footprint Network & SPUR
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• Sustainable Development and Environmental Challenges in the MENA Region: Accounting for the Environment in the 21st Century
  Susan L. Sakmar, Mathis Wackernagel, Alessandro Galli, David Moore
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• 2010 Annual Report
  Global Footprint Network
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• China Ecological Footprint Report 2010
  WWF-China
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• Hong Kong Ecological Footprint Report 2010
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• Living Planet Report 2010
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• Ecological Footprint Atlas 2010
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• Ecological Wealth of Nations
  Global Footprint Network
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• Japan Ecological Footprint Report 2009
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• Global Footprint Network 2009 Annual Report
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• A Big Foot on a Small Planet?
  GIZ & Global Footprint Network
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• State of Ontario's Biodiversity 2010
  Ontario Biodiversity Council
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• Ecological Footprint Atlas 2009
  Global Footprint Network
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• Africa Factbook 2009
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• Global Footprint Network 2008 Annual Report
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• Hong Kong Ecological Footprint Report 2008
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• Living Planet Report 2008
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• The Ecological Footprint Atlas 2008
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• India's Ecological Footprint: A Business Perspective
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• Africa: Ecological Footprint and Human Well-being
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• Report on Ecological Footprint in China
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• 2010 and Beyond: Rising to the Biodiversity Challenge
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• Global Footprint Network 2007 Annual Report
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• Europe 2007: Gross Domestic Product and Ecological Footprint
• Canadian Living Planet Report 2007
• Living Planet Report 2006
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• Global Footprint Network 2006 Annual Report
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• Africa’s Ecological Footprint: Human Well-Being and Biological Capital (2006)
• Asia-Africa 2005: The Ecological Footprint and Natural Wealth
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• Europe 2005: The Ecological Footprint
• Global Footprint Network 2005 Annual Report
• Living Planet Report 2004
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• Living Planet Report 2002
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• Living Planet Report 2000
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Books

Der Ecological Footprint: Die Welt neu vermessen
Mathis Wackernagel and Bert Byers, EVA Europäische Verlagsanstalt
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Radical Simplicity - Small Footprints on a Finite Earth
Jim Merkel, 2003 New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, BC
website | Amazon

The Winners and Losers in Global Competition: Why Eco-efficiency Reinforces Competitiveness: A Study of 44 Nations
Andreas Sturm, Mathis Wackernagel and Kaspar Müller, 2000 Rügger, Chur/Zürich
website | Amazon

Sharing Natures Interest: Ecological Footprints as an Indicator for Sustainability
Nicky Chambers, Craig Simmons and Mathis Wackernagel, 2000 Earthscan, London
website | Amazon

Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth
Mathis Wackernagel and William E. Rees, 1996 New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, BC
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Brochures

Ecological Footprint Accouting: Building a Winning Hand
en | fr | de

Community of Andean Nations Brochure
en | es

External Reports on the Footprint

• An Analysis of New Zealand’s Ecological Footprint as Estimated by the Global Footprint Network: An Update
• Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress: Draft Summary
• Beyond GDP: Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee
• The Potential of the Ecological Footprint: Final Report to the EC

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