OF THE SITE OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MAYOR REPORT WWF launches emergency resources "In 2030 it will take 2 Terre" The Living Planet Report of 2010 indicates an acceleration in the consumption of sources available to those who are regenerated, and a more rapid depletion. Major imbalances in the UAE, U.S., Belgium and Denmark. The lifestyle of Italy would require an average of 2.8 planets ANTONIO Cianciulli consume a planet and a half, that is, use more resources than they regenerate and bridge the gap devouring the Earth's natural heritage. In 2030, in the absence of a drastic change of course, we will come to need two planets. These are the figures contained in the Living Planet Report, the biennial report made by WWF in collaboration with the Zoological Society of London and the Global Footprint Network. The volume, the result of work of two years of research, examines the situation from an environmental perspective but also economically. Here are the main points. BIODIVERSITY '. International year of biodiversity, a few days after opening of the Conference of Nagoya, which will decide on new strategies to stop the rate of biodiversity loss by 2020, the picture is worrisome. The objective of the Convention on Biodiversity, to protect 10% of each ecological region, was achieved only in 55% of the terrestrial ecoregions. Since 1966, the human pressure is doubled, while the health of the global species decreased by 30 percent. This is a 30 percent average improvement in the temperate zone (more than 29 per cent compared to 1979) achieved thanks to efforts in the field of conservation and a decline in the tropics to 60 percent. The ecological footprint. To live within the limits of the capacity of the planet without compromising future generations should be that every inhabitant of the planet simply come up with 1.8 hectares to get the resources they need and to dispose of waste. Not so. If everybody adopted the lifestyle of an average inhabitant of the UAE, it would take 6 planets to offer, with the lifestyle of the United States, Belgium and Denmark it would take 4.5 for Canada and Australia 4. But even Italy - the report notes - no light shines: each Italian are in fact less than 5 hectares to meet its global lifestyle, a value equivalent to the production capacity of 2.8 planets, which brings us to the 29th place of the standings, just behind Germany, Switzerland and France, but long before the more virtuous the United Kingdom, Japan and China. ECONOMICS. The economic crisis we are experiencing is linked with the ecological threat of bankruptcy. Overpopulation, waste, inattention led to a growing plunder of raw materials and energy sources that now have a highly unstable trend in terms of prices and disastrous from an environmental perspective: the purification of water, fertility soil, the stability of the atmosphere (and climate) are free services that nature provides and that is undermining human growth out of control. "The countries that maintain high levels of dependence on natural resources are endangering their own economies - recalls Mathis Wackernagel, president of the Global Footprint Network - Countries that fail to guarantee the best quality of life with less pressure on nature not only help global interests, but will be a world leader in the resources increasingly restricted. " LA LIVE. The presentation of the report took place in the world live webcast with the participation of journalist Veronica Pedrosa of Al Jazeera. A 1 Tv Republic, two experts from the WWF (The scientific director Gianfranco Bologna and responsible for sustainability Eva Alessi) responded directly to questions that have placed great emphasis on the possibilities of concrete action to overcome the environmental crisis is economic. (October 13, 2010)
