Economy wide material flow analysis and ecological footprint of Ireland
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There was a clear need for research on resource use in Ireland to place environmental decision-making on an evidence-based footing and provide a baseline for measuring further progress. Island Limits will calculate the resource efficiency and ecological sustainability of the Irish economy and model scenarios in key areas of the Irish economy such as food, energy and waste management. The environmental impact of Ireland?s resource use will be presented as an ecological footprint- a means of measuring and communicating sustainable resource use that will estimate the area of land needed for Ireland to function sustainably. The project was undertaken to quantify resource use in Ireland and the environmental impact of consumption. Drivers for this project include the Sustainable Development Strategy and European resources policy
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| Dr Cathy Maguire |
| EnviroCenter Consultants |
| Dr Robin Curry |
| EnviroCentre |
| Mr. Craig Simmons |
| Best Foot Forward |
| Mr. Kevin Lewis |
| Best Foot Forward |
| Dr Bernadette O'Regan |
| University of Limerick |
| Mr. Conor Walsh |
| University of Limerick |
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| Author(s) | Maguire, C. Curry, R. Simmons, C. Lewis, K. O'Regan, B. Walsh, C. |
| Title Of Website | Secure Archive For Environmental Research Data |
| Publication Information | Economy wide material flow analysis and ecological footprint of Ireland |
| Name of Organisation | Environmental Protection Agency Ireland |
| Electronic Address or URL | https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/resource?id=0de94270-40b9-102b-950d-28616e04c7da |
| Unique Identifier | 0de94270-40b9-102b-950d-28616e04c7da |
| Date of Access | Last Updated on SAFER: 2024-10-11 |
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| SAFER-Data Display URL | https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=56 |
| Resource Keywords | ProdCom, trade, materials, products, ecological footprint |
| EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code | 2004-SD-MS-2002 |
| EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme | Socio-Economics |
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| Limitations on the use of this Resource | No usage limitations except the usual citation of this project correctly in publications using the outputs from the project |
| Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download): | 4 |
| Project Start Date | Tuesday 1st March 2005 (01-03-2005) |
| Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects | Tuesday 1st March 2005 (01-03-2005) |
| Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects | Monday 3rd September 2007 (03-09-2007) |
| Published on SAFER | Tuesday 11th March 2008 (11-03-2008) |
| Date of Last Edit | Tuesday 3rd June 2008 at 20:12:53 (03-06-2008) |
| Datasets or Files Updated On | Tuesday 3rd June 2008 at 20:12:53 (03-06-2008) |
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The Material Flow Analysis and Best Foot Forward's Ecological Footprint calculations were undertaken for Ireland and Northern Ireland seperately and then combined to produce all-island models. University of Limerick Footprint calculation was for Ireland and disaggregated by county.
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| The project was undertaken to quantify resource use in Ireland and the environmental impact of consumption. Drivers for this project include the Sustainable Development Strategy and European resources policy |
| Supplementary Information |
| Methodologies used were the EuroStat standard economy wide material flow analysis methodology. The One Planet Business methodology for allocating imports to input-output categories. Best Foot Forward's Regional Stepwise methodology for calculating the ecological footprint.
Material Flow Analysis: Production, import, export, net supply and consumption of materials and products classified by 8-digit ProdCom code for Ireland and Northern Ireland. Emissions to air. Discharges to water. Dissipative outputs of products. Waste production and managment method. Northern Ireland and Ireland data combined to produce an all-island MFA model and a range of indicators calculated. Input-Output analysis: environmental extension of Irish Input-Output tables with resource use to calculate direct and indirect resource consumption by sector and final demand category. Ecological Footprint: biocapacity of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Ecological Footprint broken down by land type, policy area, county, activity such as farming, transport using two methodologies- Best Foot Forward's standardised method and a method created by the University of Limerick for the project. |
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