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The Ecological Footprint |
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Introduced by José Manuel Barroso President of the European Commission |
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We live on a bountiful planet, but not a limitless one. The global economy and human population continue to grow, but our planet remains the same size. Europe’s demand on the biosphere plays a significant part in this. With merely 7 per cent of the world population, the European Union uses 17 per cent of the biosphere’s regenerative capacity. With a footprint more than double its own biological capacity, Europe’s well-being depends on ecological capacity from elsewhere.
WWF and the Ecological Footprint Networks analyze the extent of Europe’s ecological footprint, and examine options open to us all.
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