CARRYING CAPACITY
SILVIA What’s carrying capacity? Why is carrying capacity important in the world?
SILVIA The carrying capacity can be affected by: 1.Ecological footprint 2. Water footprint 3. Carbon footprint
SILVIA ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT The ecological footprint is defined as the total of ecologically productive surface necessary to produce the resources consumed by an average citizen of a certain human community, as well as the necessary to absorb the waste that generates, regardless of the location of these surfaces.
SILVIA WATER FOOTPRINT Indicator that allows to characterize the volumen of water used for the production of a good or service, taking into account the volume of water consumed and contaminated in the process. It takes into account direct uses and indirect water
SILVIA CARBON FOOTPRINT The carbon footprint is one of the forms simpler ones that exist to measure the impact or the mark that a person leaves on the planet in your daily life.
SILVIA What are the authors of carrying capacity? 1.Thomas Maltus 2. Julian Simon 3. Garrett Hardin and Paul Ehrlich
GARRETT HARDIN AND PAUL EHRLICH: Both authors believed that human population had already exceeded the Carrying capacity. G. Hardin: argues that overpopulation of any species will be exhausted just like the deplete shared natural resources. P. Ehrlich : predicted a population explosion accompanied by increasing famine. be exhausted just like the
-The standard of living. -The Nations. -Carrying capacity. -World Summit: * Eradicating poverty, * protecting natural resources * changing unsustainable production and consumption patterns.
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