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Asia Pacific Viet Nam The Ecological Footprint of Asia and the Pacific is 1.6 gha per person, which is 60% below the global average of 2.7 gha AsIA PACIFIC per person. However, as shown in Figures 4 and 5, there is a wide disparity between people of different nations. For example, the per capita Ecological Footprint of Australia (the highest in the region at 6.7 gha per person) is 14 times larger than that of Timor-Leste (0.5 gha per person). Korea, DPR 24 Living on our planet Ecological Footprint (global hectares per capita) Figure 4: Showing perperson Ecological Footprint of People in Asia and the Pacific for 2008 (data Global 0-1 1-2 Footprint network) PHILIPPINES MYANMAR INDIA VIET NAM NEPAL DEMoCRATIC PAKISTAN PEoPLE’S 8 BANGLADESH REPUBLIC oF TIMoR-LESTE KoREA 7 LAo PDR SRI LANKA 6 CAMBoDIA INDoNESIA Lao PDR 5 4 3 2 1 0 Sri Lanka Australia Cambodia Singapore Indonesia Mongolia footprint gha per capita Republic of Korea Philppines New Zealand India Japan Nepal Malaysia Pakistan World footprint gha per capita Papua New Guinea Bangladesh Thailand Timor-Leste People’s Republic of China Myanmar 2-3 PAPUA NEW GUINEA THAILAND PRC Asia Pacific footprint gha per capita Viet Nam Korea, DPR Lao PDR 3-5 REPUBLIC oF KoREA NEW ZEALAND JAPAN MALAYSIA Sri Lanka footprint gha per capita Figure 5: Ecological Footprint of people in Asia and the Pacific in 2008 (data Global Footprint network) Cambodia Indonesia Philppines India 5-7 footprint gha per capita AUSTRALIA SINGAPoRE MoNGoLIA Nepal Pakistan Built-up land land Fishing land Forest land Grazing land Cropland Carbon Bangladesh Timor-Leste
47% the CARBon CoMPonent RePResents 47% oF the eCoLogICAL FootPRInt FoR the AsIA PACIFIC RegIon Figure 6: National Ecological Footprints as a Percentage of the Total Asia and the Pacific Footprint for 2008 (data Global Footprint network) Living on our planet The carbon component makes up 47% or more of the total Ecological Footprint. While the reasons for this vary from country to country, all relate to the land area needed to absorb the production of greenhouse gases from a combination of heavy industry and high energy consumption per capita. The Ecological Footprint of an entire nation is calculated by multiplying the per-capita Footprint by population size. The national Ecological Footprints of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), India, Indonesia and Japan together contribute more than three-quarters of the total Ecological Footprint of the Asia and Pacific region (Figure 6). The National Footprint of the PRC is the largest of all the countries of Asia and the Pacific, due to its large population. The PRC and India are likely to experience the greatest absolute increase in Ecological Footprints by 2015, accounting for 37% of the projected total global increase. By order of magnitude, Japan, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Pakistan, and Australia are also projected to be in the top 20 countries globally by 2015. With 7 of the projected top 20 countries projected to be in Asia and the Pacific, much of the future impact of the world’s Ecological Footprint will depend on actions taken by countries in the region (Dietz et al. 2007). Driving these trends is the emergence of a new middle class, which will increase demand for energy, food, metals, and water. The global car fleet, for example, is expected to nearly double, to 1.7 billion by 2035 (IEA 2011). In the PRC, total meat consumption rose nearly 80% in the last 20 years (Earth Policy Institute 2012). China People’s Republic of China India Japan Indonesia Korea, Republic Republic of Korea of Thailand Australia Pakistan Viet Nam Malaysia Rest of of Asia 25 China India Japan Indonesia Korea, Republic of Thailand Australia Pakistan Viet Nam Malaysia Rest of Asia
Page 1 and 2: REPORT JUNE 2012 Ecological footpri
Page 3 and 4: Contents Foreword 5 Acknowledgement
Page 5 and 6: FoReWoRD The widespread loss of nat
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Page 11 and 12: Loading harvested mangrove poles in
Page 13 and 14: 17% teRRestRIAL PRoteCteD AReAs noW
Page 15 and 16: This report highlights major initia
Page 17 and 18: Young boy holding a Bagrid catfish,
Page 19 and 20: Most of these threats stem from hum
Page 21 and 22: © James Morgan / WWF International
Page 23: The Ecological Footprint of nations
Page 27 and 28: Papua New Guinea Malaysia Biocapaci
Page 29 and 30: With tight supplies of resources, c
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Page 33 and 34: Figure 10: Global and Indo-Pacific
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Extensive grazing by domestic lives
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Agricultural worker Pangbuche Chosa
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2009 In 2009, the goveRnMent oF Bhu
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The Sacred Himalayas Bhutan Biologi
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Young boy in traditional dug-out ca
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Conclusion the GMS and the Coral Tr
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Conclusion The large-scale ecosyste
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Food and Agriculture Organization.
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Thailand and Viet Nam. Vientiane, L
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Abbreviations ADB Asian Development
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