Ecological
assets are becoming the decisive competitive factors in global affairs. Countries
that know their ecological assets, manage them, protect them and use them
wisely, will be better off. The Global Footprint Network (GFN) is working to create the future in which the Ecological Footprint will be globally accepted
metric, as prominent as the GDP.
In 2005,
GFN has launched Ten-in-Ten campaign with the goal of institutionalizing the
Ecological Footprint in at least ten key national governments by 2015. GFN has received
solid start: more than 35 nations have engaged with the organization directly. Seventeen
nations have completed reviews of the Footprint, while Japan,
Switzerland, UAE, Ecuador, Finland, Scotland, Wales
have formally adopted it, and more...
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