HK's Ecological Footprint

An old working paper on Ecological Footprint was unearthed from the HK 2030 Vision Planning and Strategy exercise, which was initiated in the year 2000. The paper summarises existing HK-based and international studies, finding that Hong Kong’s ecological footprint ranges from a conservative 2.4 ha per capita, from a CEDD study, to 4.6 ha per capita. This requires roughly 148 to 267 times HK’s existing area to sustain local consumption. http://www.pland.gov.hk/pland_en/p_study/comp_s/hk2030/eng/wpapers/pdf/workingPaper_10.pdf