Depleted natural resourses of earth

According to the " ecologycal overdraft" report, this expense would have been one day ahead of the previous period, thus recording the earliest date since the parameter was established in the 1970s.

PARIS .- This time of year, humanity will start this Wednesday to live in the "overdraft" of the Earth's natural resources for this 2018. According to the report delivered by the NGO Global Footprint Network, on August 1 is the day in which the set of resources that nature is capable of renewing in a year will be finished and humanity will begin to live in "borrowed resources".

This is the "date on which we will have used all the trees, water, fertile soil and fish that the Earth can provide us in a year," explained Valérie Gramond of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). English), linked to the Global Footprint Network. "We will also have emitted more carbon dioxide than forests can absorb," he added.

Last year, this moment came a day earlier, on August 2, according to the previous report submitted by the World Wildlife Fund. According to the figures for this period, "the equivalent of 1.7 Earth planets would be needed to satisfy our needs".

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  1. Unknown21 de agosto de 2018, 19:06


    I find that this is a very interesting topic that everyone should know, a moral issue, since it puts at risk the life of the planet and that of many humans who will not be able to pay for food as it will go up in price constantly because they will see less resources.

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