Abstract: With ecological appropriation method，the current situation of ecological appropriation of natural capital utilization in Hunan Province is assessed in this paper．The results show that the ecological appropriation demand per capita in Hunan Province is 1．0323hm²，and there still exists 0.4999hm² biological prod uctive space per capita to use． Obviously，the per capita deficit of ecological footprint is 0.5324hm² in 2000，and the development at present is isadvantageous for achieving sustainable development．