Human demands on natural resources have doubled in less than 50 years, according to the Living Planet Report. The rate at which resources are being utilized with the population as is – or growing – will exceed the capacity of the planet in about 30 years.
The report also said tropical wildlife populations are falling by as much as 60 percent over the past three decades. Authors of the study analyzed 8,000 populations of 2,500 species, as well as global changes in water consumption and land use.
If everyone lived the same lifestyle as that of Great Britain, it could eventually take 2.75 planets to sustain human life, the report said. The UK places 31st on a list of the worst “ecological footprint” offenders, which is based on the amount of land and sea each person requires to produce the food, clothes and other products, and to absorb personal carbon dioxide emissions. Topping the list are the United States, Belgium, Denmark, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
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