MoldyFrogToe
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"The use of the planet's resources is no longer sustainable.
A recent study by WWF, the Zoological Society of London and the Global Footprint Network revealed that humans now use in excess of 25% of the productive capacity of the biosphere and that two planet Earths will be needed to support our projected demand."
Some excerpts:
http://www.panda.org/about_our_earth/all_publications/living_planet_report/lpr_2008/
Here's the actual report, pdf form, 4.4 mb http://assets.panda.org/downloads/living_planet_report_2008.pdf
This is sad. What are we gonna do about this.
A recent study by WWF, the Zoological Society of London and the Global Footprint Network revealed that humans now use in excess of 25% of the productive capacity of the biosphere and that two planet Earths will be needed to support our projected demand."
Some excerpts:
- 77% of us are in 'ecological debt'
- "...people are turning resources into waste faster than nature can turn waste back into resources."
- "Since the late 1980s, we have been in overshoot - the Ecological Footprint has exceeded the Earth’s biocapacity - by about 25%."
- "The Living Planet Index measures trends in the Earth’s biological diversity
Since 1970 the index has fallen by about 30%.
This global trend suggests that we are degrading natural ecosystems at a rate unprecedented in human history."
http://www.panda.org/about_our_earth/all_publications/living_planet_report/lpr_2008/
Here's the actual report, pdf form, 4.4 mb http://assets.panda.org/downloads/living_planet_report_2008.pdf
This is sad. What are we gonna do about this.