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WEBINAR: MEET Network Learning Tools for Ecotourism Development in Mediterranean Protected Areas
On 28 October at 14:30 CEST, join the MEET Network Learning Tools Webinar to learn about the MEET Network approach to ecotourism development and the tools used to support ecotourism in Mediterranean Protected Areas. Attendees will be introduced to a... Read More
Lessons from the Coronavirus?
“COVID-19 teaches us that we are one biology. Hence our fates are intertwined. You protect everybody, by protecting yourself. The same holds true for climate and sustainability.” Who would have thought that the world would be transformed by a microscopic... Read More
Portugal's food Footprint study points to eating patterns and policies as levers for action
A study of the transition to a sustainable food system in Portugal reveals challenges with regards to the sustainability of Portuguese food standards as well as the fragility of local food policies throughout the country. Since food consumption represents about... Read More
Slovenia
Global Footprint Network worked with the Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia and the Republic of Slovenia Ministry for Environment and Spatial Planning to provide the first regional Ecological Footprint and biocapacity results for twelve statistical regions in Slovenia.... Read MoreKOMMERSANT: 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