Footprint of Victoria and Queensland

This project aimed to produce a detailed account of environmental headline indicators (energy, water, land disturbance / biodiversity impacts, bioproductivity impacts, GHG emissions) that together provide an expanded and multi-facetted picture of the Footprint of consumption in all local areas of Victoria and Queensland.

The Ecological Footprint was identified as a useful concept and effective tool to communicate key messages in the State of the Environment (SoE) Report in Victoria, Australia.

On behalf of the Environmental Protection Agencies in Victoria and Queensland SEI in collaboration with the Centre for Integrated Sustainability Analysis (ISA) at the University of Sydney) updated the Ecological Footprint accounts for both States. The results contributed to the State of the Environment 2008 Report of Victoria.

The project produced a detailed account of environmental headline indicators (energy, water, land disturbance / biodiversity impacts, bioproductivity impacts, GHG emissions) that together provide an expanded and multi-facetted picture of the footprint of consumption in all local areas of Victoria and Queensland.

It illustrated the contribution of Melbourne’s and Brisbane’s Footprint and showed, in a metaphorical sense, the ‘metabolism’ of the capitals. It also demonstrated, with the help of environmental input-output and life cycle analysis, how some of the most commonly consumed products vary in terms of their Ecological Footprint.

The results is published in the State of the Environment 2008 Report of Victoria