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

Research Scientist

Telephone: 028 90278330

e-mail: cmaguire@envirocentre.co.uk

EnviroCenter Consultants

Belfast, 10 Upper Crescent, Belfast Belfast, BT7 1NT, Northern Ireland

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Dr Robin Curry

EnviroCentre

Research Manager

Telephone: 028 90278330

e-mail: rcurry@envirocentre.co.uk

10 Upper Crescent

BT7 1N, Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Mr. Craig Simmons

Best Foot Forward

Technical Director

Telephone: 01865 250818

e-mail: craig@bestfootforward.com

The Future Centre

9 Newtech Place, OX4 1RE, Oxford, England

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Mr. Kevin Lewis

Best Foot Forward

Senior Researcher

Telephone: 01865 250818

e-mail: kevin@bestfootforward.com

The Future Centre

9 Newtech Place, OX4 1RE, Oxford, England

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Dr Bernadette O'Regan

University of Limerick

Lecturer, Chemical and Environmental Sciences

Telephone: +353-61-202552

e-mail: Bernadette.ORegan@ul.ie

Room F2-09 OP

Chemical & Environmental Sciences Department, University of Limerick, Limerick City, Ireland

Responsibilities for this resource: processor

Mr. Conor Walsh

University of Limerick

PhD Postgraduate Student

Telephone: +353-61-202552

e-mail: conor.walsh@ul.ie

Chemical & Environmental Sciences Department

University of Limerick, Limerick, Limerick City, Ireland

Responsibilities for this resource: processor

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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	http://erc.epa.ie/safer/resource?id=0de94270-40b9-102b-950d-28616e04c7da
Unique Identifier	0de94270-40b9-102b-950d-28616e04c7da
Date of Access	Last Accessed: 2013-05-21

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Maguire, C. Curry, R. Simmons, C. Lewis, K. O'Regan, B. Walsh, C.   "Economy wide material flow analysis and ecological footprint of Ireland". Associated datasets and digitial information objects connected to this resource are available at: Secure Archive For Environmental Research Data (SAFER) managed by Environmental Protection Agency Ireland http://erc.epa.ie/safer/resource?id=0de94270-40b9-102b-950d-28616e04c7da (Last Accessed: 2013-05-21)

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Resource Availability:	Public-Open
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
Information On Access Constraints	noRestrictions
Format Of Attached Data Files And Resources	No Electronic Formatted Files Attached
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Number of Attached Files (Publicly Available for Download):	4

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SAFER-Data Identification Number	56
SAFER-Data Display URL	http://erc.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=56
Resource Title	Economy wide material flow analysis and ecological footprint of Ireland
Resource Keywords	ProdCom, trade, materials, products, ecological footprint
ISO 19115 Topic Categories	environment society
Languages Within Resource Data/Documentation	eng
Metadata Language	eng
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code	2004-SD-MS-2002
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme	Socio-Economics
Unique Resource Idenifier ID	0de94270-40b9-102b-950d-28616e04c7da
This Metadata Describes The Following:	dataset
Frequency Of Changes To This Metadata or Attached Data	notPlanned

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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)
Resource Metadata Published On	Tuesday 11th March 2008 (11-03-2008)
Last Resource Metadata Edit occured on	Tuesday 3rd June 2008 at 20:12:53 (03-06-2008)
Resource Datasets or Digital Objects Updated On	Tuesday 3rd June 2008 at 20:12:53 (03-06-2008)

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Description of Geographical Characteristics of This Resource

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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Resource Lineage Information

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 Metadata 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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The following is a list of resources on SAFER-Data from which users downloaded attachments from soon after downloading attachments from this resource Economy wide material flow analysis and ecological footprint of Ireland. You can view the full metadata description for these resources by using the links supplied.

• Environmental Accounts for the Republic of Ireland: 1990-2005 View Full Metadata Description
• Environmental Sustainability and Future Settlement Patterns in Ireland View Full Metadata Description
• Quality of Life and the Environment in Ireland View Full Metadata Description
• Water Framework Directive: Recharge and Groundwater Vulnerability View Full Metadata Description
• Energy crops in Ireland: An assessment of their potential contribution to sustainable agriculture, electricity and heat production View Full Metadata Description

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