Korean needs 4.6 hectares of land for living By Yi Whan-woo
Korea’s ecological footprint, or its demand on the ecosystem, is
1.7 times greater than the global average, according to the
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Each Korean requires 4.6
hectares of land to live on, exceeding the world’s average of
2.7 hectares, the WWF said in the “Living Planet Report.” The
nation placed 29th on the ecological footprint list of 149
countries. An ecological footprint is a measure of how much
biologically productive land and sea people require in order to
absorb their waste and produce all the resources they consume.
The higher the necessary amount, the longer it takes to
regenerate biologically productive land and fishing grounds. The
major components of Korea’s footprint were the amount of land
and sea needed to offset carbon emissions and fishing. The
country with the highest footprint with 11.85 hectares per
person was Qatar, followed by Kuwait with 9.72 hectares and the
United Arab Emirates with 8.44 hectares. The