Living Planet Report 2006

[Earth Hart]

For those of you who are into the Earth & its environments, check out LPR2006 at:
http://assets.panda.org/downloads/li...net_report.pdf

The UK has the third largest footprint behind Australia at number two & the good old USofA at number one, the biggest fouler of the planet.

Actually, I doubt many of you will bother to read the report but it would be good to nsee who does.

[mrs fish]

I haven't read it but am surprised to see Australia at number 2.
All I can think about things is they get worse before they get better.

[Alan]

It does make rather depressing reading!

On the graphs the way I read it was the UK was 14th on the ecological footprint list. This was on page 16 – unless I read the data wrong!

[Earth Hart]

Originally Posted by Alan

It does make rather depressing reading!

On the graphs the way I read it was the UK was 14th on the ecological footprint list. This was on page 16 – unless I read the data wrong!

On the overall Eco-Footprint, you're correct but on the per capita eco-footprint (ghs/person) we are 3rd, that relates to what each of us consumes & what is needed to produce that.

mrs fish, Australia was 2nd in an Aussie eco-news bulletin I get, I posted before I'd read the report, Canada is 2nd & Australia is not in the top-ten. Why they would print that I guess, is to do with Aussie politics at the moment. I acted in haste Having read the 44 page report my optimisim wanes.

[Garden Carpet]

Originally Posted by Earth Hart

For those of you who are into the Earth & its environments, check out LPR2006 at:
http://assets.panda.org/downloads/li...net_report.pdf

The UK has the third largest footprint behind Australia at number two & the good old USofA at number one, the biggest fouler of the planet.

Actually, I doubt many of you will bother to read the report but it would be good to nsee who does.

EH, that is enough to make me not want to read it. It is self defeating and insulting
Jaki

[Earth Hart]

Originally Posted by Garden Carpet

EH, that is enough to make me not want to read it. It is self defeating and insulting
Jaki

My apologies Jaki, I should not take my frustrations out on WAB

[Garden Carpet]

Originally Posted by Earth Hart

My apologies Jaki, I should not take my frustrations out on WAB

OK EH...thanks for that.... now where did I put the link
jaki

[lewisa]

Interesting how despite being the worst polluters, North America rank the best with regard to habitat destruction to agriculture, showing no significant change (from 1950 onward at least).

Sounds to me like the answer to starving Africa is easy, just let them have their own 'wild west' for 50 years, cull 99% of the fauna to inderectly kill off the old-timers, cut down all the forest then graze cattle and plant maize everywhere.

So the question is, Starve, survive on handouts or exhaust natural resource to live a good life?

If I lived there I know what Id want to do, any affect of my actions on the natural world would be the last thing on my mind.

They are the problems that need solving, in my opinion its about 1000 times more important than worrying about burnig fossil fuels.