Ecological Footprint in Practice
Explore the many projects where researchers have applied ecological footprint and biocapacity data in different contexts
National Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts (NEFBA)
These accounts cover all countries and territories from 1961 to the last full year. A new edition of the data is released each year on Earth Day.
Ontario Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity
Researchers at York University generated ecological footprint and biocapacity data for Ontario, enabling the Ontario Biodiversity Council to include them as biodiversity indicators.
Ontario Municipal Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts
Partnership members generated data for all urban and rural areas across the province of Ontario – over 500 municipalities! This data is open access on a digital data dashboard. Learn more about the methodology and results in an academic publication.
Ontario’s Greenbelt Biocapacity
York University researchers partnered with the Greenbelt Foundation to show the Greenbelt’s critical role in supporting Ontario’s sustainability through the lens of biocapacity. This project, The Ecological Value of Ontario’s Greenbelt, was part of the Greenbelt Foundation’s Visioning the Future series.
York University’s Ecological and Carbon Footprints
Explore the ecological and carbon footprints for this Canadian university in Toronto, Ontario. The first edition, published in 2023, includes scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions accounting combined with ecological footprint and biocapacity accounts from 2016-2020. The second edition, published in 2024, extended the emissions accounting to 2023.