Question

Select the correct option with regard to the following statements.

Statement 1: Ecological footprint measures demands of plants and animals on the biocapacity of the planet.

Statement 2: In 2002, WWF calculated that the global ecological footprint stood at 18.1 billion global hectares.

• A. Statement 1 is true.
• B. Statement 2 is true.
• C. Both statements 1 and 2 are true.
• D. Both statements 1 and 2 are false.

Answer 1

The correct option is D Both statements 1 and 2 are false.

Ecological footprint is the amount of space on Earth that an individual uses in order to survive using existing technology. It is a measure of a single person’s demands on the biocapacity of the planet. In 2010, the WWF calculated that the global ecological footprint stood at 18.1 billion global hectares, whereas the Earth’s total biocapacity in 2010 was just 12 billion global hectares.