CARRYING CAPACITY. SILVIA What’s carrying capacity? Why is carrying capacity important in the world?

Presentación del tema: "CARRYING CAPACITY. SILVIA What’s carrying capacity? Why is carrying capacity important in the world?"— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 CARRYING CAPACITY

2 SILVIA What’s carrying capacity? Why is carrying capacity important in the world?

3 SILVIA The carrying capacity can be affected by: 1.Ecological footprint 2. Water footprint 3. Carbon footprint

4 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.

5 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

6 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.

7 SILVIA What are the authors of carrying capacity? 1.Thomas Maltus 2. Julian Simon 3. Garrett Hardin and Paul Ehrlich

8 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

9 -The standard of living. -The Nations. -Carrying capacity. -World Summit: * Eradicating poverty, * protecting natural resources * changing unsustainable production and consumption patterns.

10 Thank you.