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World threatened by ecological credit crunch

Posted on October 29, 2008 By Admin 1 Comment on World threatened by ecological credit crunch

PARIS: Reckless borrowing against Earth’s exhausted bounty is driving the planet toward an ecological “credit crunch”, the World Wildlife Fund warned on Wednesday.

Growing demands on natural capital, such as forests, water, soil, air and biodiversity, already outstrip the world’s capacity to renew these resources by a third, according to the WWF’s Living Planet Report.

“If our demands on the planet continue to increase at the same rate, by the mid-2030s we would need the equivalent of two planets to maintain our lifestyles,” said James Leape, the green group’s Director General, in releasing the study.

The cost of bailing out financial institutions during the economic meltdown, while huge, pales in comparison to the lost value caused every year by ecological damage to the environment, experts say.

A European Union study calculates that the world is losing between two and five trillion dollars in natural capital every year due to the degradation of the ecosystems.

“The world is currently struggling with the consequences of over-valuing financial assets,” said Leape. “But a more fundamental crisis looms, an ecological credit crunch caused by under-valuing the environmental assets that are the basis of all life and prosperity.”

The report shows that more than three quarters of the planet’s population live in nations that are ecological debtors, countries where consumption outstrips biological capacity.

Produced with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and the Global Footprint Network (GFN), the bi-annual study measures the ecological footprint of human demand on natural resources, and assesses Earth’s ability to remain a “living planet.”

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Comment (1) on “World threatened by ecological credit crunch”

  1. Nitai says:
    October 31, 2008 at 10:57 am

    All because we don’t follow the Lord instructions in Isoupanishad

    īśāvāsyam idam sarvaḿ
    yat kiñca jagatyāḿ jagat
    tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā
    mā gṛdhaḥ kasya svid dhanam

    Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one should not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong.

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