World is facing a natural resources crisis worse than financial crunch | Environment | ... - 1 views
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humans are using 30% more resources than the Earth can replenish each year, which is leading to deforestation, degraded soils, polluted air and water, and dramatic declines in numbers of fish and other species
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we are running up an ecological debt of $4tr (£2.5tr) to $4.5tr every year
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populations and consumption keep growing faster than technology finds new ways of expanding what can be produced from the natural world
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