From IOL:Humankind will need two planets by 2030 to keep up with its demands for goods and to make space for surging populations.
This is according to the influential WWF Living Planet Report 2008, which warns that humanity is consuming the resources provided by Earth's natural systems much too fast.
Earth, it declares, is facing a looming ecological credit crunch and the current financial recession pales in comparison.
"Reckless consumption is endangering our future prosperity," writes James Leape, the director general of WWF International, in the report.
"Yet our demands continue to escalate, driven by the relentless growth in human population and individual consumption. Our global footprint now exceeds the world's capacity to regenerate by 30 percent. If our demands on the planet continue at the same rate, by the mid-2030s, we'll need the equivalent of two planets to maintain our lifestyles."
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