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WWF Concerned By Overconsumption


A petrochemical plant in Tomsk, Russia (file photo) (ITAR-TASS) October 24, 2006 -- The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released a new report today saying the world's population will be using twice as many resources as the planet can produce within 50 years unless there is immediate change.


WWF Director-General James Leape says the consequences of this situation are "predictable and dire."


The "Living Planet" report, published every other year, calls for urgent change toward sustainable living.


(AFP)

The Post-Soviet Environment

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The skull of a male saiga antelope in Kalmykia. Saiga numbers have collapsed disastrously over the last decade. (shpilenok.com)

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