Green Options » Cornish http://greenoptions.com/tag/cornish Posts tagged 'Cornish' Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:38:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Hong Kong Ecological Footprint is Twice as Large as China’s http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/08/hong-kong-ecological-footprint-is-twice-as-large-as-china/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/08/hong-kong-ecological-footprint-is-twice-as-large-as-china/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:38:32 +0000 Andrew Williams http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/08/hong-kong-ecological-footprint-is-twice-as-large-as-china/

A startling new WWF study has revealed that people living in Hong Kong currently use twice as many resources as residents in China, more than double the sustainable level.

To feed the vibrant city’s massive demand for natural resources, and absorb the CO2 emitted, residents need an area of land and sea larger than 250 Hong Kong’s, an incredible seven-fold increase since 1965.

According to Mathis Wackernagel, Executive Director of the Global Footprint Network, “Although small geographically, Hong Kong not only has significant resource demands, but it also has an over-proportional influence on the world.

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