UN: Humanity’s very survival is at risk

The speed at which mankind has used the Earth’s resources over the past 20 years has put “humanity’s very survival” at risk, a study involving 1,400 scientists has concluded.

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… each person in the world now requires a third more land to supply his or her needs than the Earth can supply.

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Thirty per cent of amphibians, 23 per cent of mammals and 12 per cent of birds are under threat of extinction, while one in ten of the world’s major rivers runs dry every year before it reaches the sea.

Cited from Timesonline