72% of humanity in an ‘ecological poverty trap’
Eradicating poverty impossible without focusing on biological resource scarcity, researchers say.
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Three out of four people live in countries that are doubly cursed with both a below-average income and a natural resource scarcity, according to a new study.
The research found that overall, the world is spending 173% of its natural resource capacity, confirming the unsustainability of our current way of life. Richer nations are spending more of this capacity than poorer nations, which will also face more consequences and poverty from ecological loss.
All life depends on the productivity of the surrounding ecosystem for food, shelter, clean water, and waste absorption. But as humans increasingly dominate natural environments, we are demanding far more biological resources than the Earth can provide.
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