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Humans currently consume 20% more natural resources than the Earth can produce
(BBC News, 21 October 2004)
Globally, it says, humans are consuming the Earth's resources at a pace that outstrips its capacity to support life. . . . The Living Planet Report calculates the amount of resources used - which it calls the ecological footprint - by 148 countries. . . . If everyone on Earth consumed at the level Britons do, it says, we should need almost three planets to support ourselves. . . . The report says humans currently consume 20% more natural resources than the Earth can produce, and that populations of terrestrial, freshwater and marine species fell on average by 40% between 1970 and 2000. . . . Dr Claude Martin, director-general of WWF International, said: "We are spending Nature's capital faster than it can regenerate. . . . "We are running up an ecological debt which we won't be able to pay off . . . The report says our ecological footprint has increased two and a half times since 1961. It says the average global footprint is 2.2 hectares (5.4 acres) per person, while there are only 1.8 hectares (4.4 acres) of land to provide resources for each of the planet's people. . . . This is based on dividing the Earth's 11.3bn hectares (28bn acres) of productive land and sea space between its 6.1bn people. . . . WWF says our energy footprint increased by nearly 700% between 1961 and 2001, and an average North American consumes twice as many resources as a European and seven times as much as the average Asian or African.

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An Anti-Capitalism Documentary from abetterearth.org.

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