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KOMMERSANT: Вирус обеспечил природе передышку
По данным GFN, международной экспертной организации, с 2006 года на ежегодной основе подсчитывающей нагрузку, оказываемую мировой экономикой и отдельными странами на экосистемы планеты, к 22 августа человечество использует такое количество природных ресурсов, какое Земля способна восстановить только в течение целого... Read MoreTHE GUARDIAN: Human consumption of the Earth's resources declined in 2020
The rate at which humanity is consuming the Earth’s resources declined sharply this year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to researchers. Consequently, Earth Overshoot Day, the point at which human consumption exceeds the amount nature can regenerate... Read MoreTHE NEW YORK TIMES: ‘Earth Overshoot Day’ Is This Week
Saturday is Earth Overshoot Day, the date when humanity will have used “all the biological resources that Earth can renew during the entire year,” as calculated by Global Footprint Network, an environmental research organization. The group has been doing this... Read More
Delayed Earth Overshoot Day points to opportunities to build future in harmony with our finite planet
OAKLAND, CA, USA — AUGUST 17, 2020 — By August 22, humanity will have demanded as much from nature as Earth can renew in the whole year, according to Global Footprint Network. Coronavirus-induced lockdowns caused the global Ecological Footprint to contract... Read More
Scotland, new biocapacity leader?
By Professor Pat Hanscom, Mathis Wackernagel, Ph.D., and Nicola Horsburgh Scotland may be close to running a biocapacity reserve, becoming a biocapacity leader in its own right, new research from the University of Stirling has found. Scotland has about... Read More
Australia Wildfires 2019-2020: Running a biocapacity deficit for the first time in its history
Photo Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration By Prof. Pat Hanscom, Mathis Wackernagel, Ph.D., David Lin, Ph.D., and Jenya Kirsch-Posner The devastating fires of the Black Summer of 2019-2020 have turned Australia’s biocapacity reserve into a deficit, according to... Read More