The consequences of “overshoot” are already clear: habitat and species loss, and accumulation of carbon in the atmosphere. The Ecological Footprint adds up all the ecological services people demand ...

Japan’s Ecological Footprint for consumption in 2006 was 4.1gha (global hectare)* per capita, about one and a half times the global average of 2.6 gha per capita. Japan's biocapacity was only 0.6gha ...