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PASION POR CONSUMIR TODO

El sobre-consumo ha llevado a un estimado del 33 % de descenso en la salud
natural de los ecosistemas mundiales en los ultimos 30 años, de acuerdo a un
reporte publicado el viernes por el World Wildlife Fund.  Si el patron
actual continua, los humanos necesitaran adicionalmente dos planetas mas
para sobrevivir, dijo WWF.

El grupo hizo una medida de la "huella ecologica" de varios paises --su
consumo per capita de comida, materiales y energia-- y encontro, sin
sorpresa, que las huellas de las naciones ricas son casi cuatro veces mas
grandes que aquellas de las naciones pequeñas.  Los Emiratos Arabes Unidos,
Singapur y Los EE.UU.  tienen las huellas mas grandes, mientras que Namibia,
Bangladesh, Afganistan y Eritrea tienen las mas pequeñas.  "Es el consumo de
las naciones ricas de las regiones del norte del mundo quienes primariamente
son responsables por la creciente perdida de la salud natural de los
tropicos, dijo Jonathan Loh, editor del reporte.


----- Original Message -----
From: <LanceOlsen@...>
To: <trastor@...>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 3:30 PM
Subject: Fwd: DAILY GRIST, October 23, 2000


> In a message dated 10/23/2000 1:20:33 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> grist@... writes:
>
> > 5.
> >  ALL-CONSUMING PASSION
> >  Overconsumption has led to an estimated 33 percent decline in the
> >  natural wealth of the world's ecosystems over the past 30 years,
> >  according to a report released by the World Wildlife Fund on Friday.
> >  If current patterns continue, humans would need an additional two
> >  planets in order to survive, WWF said.  The group measured the
> >  "ecological footprint" of various countries -- their per capita
> >  consumption of food, materials, and energy -- and found, not
> >  surprisingly, that the footprints of rich nations are about four
> >  times larger than those of small nations.  The United Arab Emirates,
> >  Singapore, and the U.S. have the biggest footprints, while Namibia,
> >  Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Eritrea have the smallest.  "It is the
> >  consumers of the rich nations of the temperate northern regions of
> >  the world who are primarily responsible for the ongoing loss of
> >  natural wealth in the tropics," said Jonathan Loh, editor of the
> >  report.
> >
> >  straight to the source:  Planet Ark, Reuters, Patricia Reaney, 10.23.00
> >  <http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=8645>;
> >
> >  straight to the source:  San Francisco Chronicle/Examiner, Associated
> >  Press, 10.20.00
> >  <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2000/10/
> >  20/international0842EDT0499.DTL>
> >
> >  straight to the report:  World Wildlife Fund
> >  <http://www.panda.org/livingplanet/lpr00/>;
>
>


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