Humans living beyond ecological means
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Humans are completely living beyond their ecological means, says a major report published by the UN Environment Programme on Thursday. The 550-page document finds the human ecological footprint is on average 21.9 hectares per person. Given the global population, however, the Earth’s biological capacity is just 15.7 hectares per person. The report is UNEP’s latest [...]



