SOME REGIONS HAVE DISPROPORTIONATELY LARGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS
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FIGURE 5.14 The United States, Canada, and Europe have much larger total ecological footprints relative to their population sizes, compared with other regions. With a combined population of just over 1 billion, these regions have a combined ecological footprint nearly as large as the Asia-Pacific region, with a population of nearly 4 billion. Africa, by contrast, has a proportionately smaller footprint relative to population size. (Data from WWF [World Wildlife Fund], 2012)