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MEDITERRANEAN ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT TRENDS Carbon ForestFishing Ground Grazing Land Cropland

Built-up Land CroplandForest Land Fishing Grounds Grazing Land

Built-up Land CroplandForest Land Fishing Grounds Grazing Land Carbon

Population Biocapacity per hectare (Biocapacity density) Area Biocapacity per capita

Population Ecological Footprint - Total Ecological Footprint per capita

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Figure GR-1: Ecological Footprint per capita in Greece by component, 1961-2008

Figure GR-2: Contributing drivers of Greece’s Ecological Footprint, 1961-2008

Figure GR-3: Biocapacity per capita in Greece by component 1961-2008

Figure GR-4: Contributing drivers of Greece’s biocapacity, 1961-2008

Indicator Value (2008)

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EF per capita [gha ] 4.92 1.92 156%· EF Carbon 2.53 0.31 709%

BC per capita [gha ] 1.59 1.58 0%EC deficit per capita [gha ] 0.93 0.48 93%

· deficit Forest land 2.76 0.37 644%GNI per capita [constant 2000 $US ]

15,669 3,739 319%

· fraction of world [billionths ]

0.39 0.55 -29%

GDP per capita [constant 2000 $US ]

15,089 3,768 300%

Export earnings [constant 2000 $US]

3,648 164 2125%

Population ['000 ] 11,237 8,398 34%· 0 - 14 1,621 2,214 -27%· 15 - 64 7,540 5,484 37%· > 64 2,076 700 197%

HDI 0.862 0.766 13%

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References:

Global Footprint Network (GFN), 2012. National Footprint Accounts 2011 Edition. Available at: www.footprintnetwork.org.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 2011. Human Development Report 2011.

World Bank. 2012. World Development Indicators. Available at: data.worldbank.org







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Figure GR-9: Greece’s population by age group, 1961-2010

Figure GR-7: Greece’s GDP by component, GNI, and ratio of national GNI per capita to world total GNI, 1961-2008

Figure GR-6: Greece’s per capita ecological deficit by contributing land-use type, 1961-2008

Figure GR-5: Greece’s per capita ecological deficit, 1961-2008

Figure GR-10: Ecological Footprint and HDI for all countries, with Greece’s trend for 1980-2008

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