Humanity is now using 50 per cent more resources than the Earth can provide, according to WWF’s recently released 2012 Living Planet Report. The consequences are seen in ongoing deforestation, increasing water scarcity, rising carbon emissions and crashing fish stocks. They can also be seen starkly in the Living Planet Index, a measure of the changes in the planet’s biodiversity, which shows a decline of 28 per cent since 1970.
Yet, amid dire news for the well-being of people and nature, (...)
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Run-up to Rio bad time for U-turn on forest protection
23 May 2012, by Peter Shield