Living Planet Report- 2008

Humanity's demands exceed our planet's capacity to sustain us

The Living Planet Report is WWF's periodic update on the state of the world's ecosystems.
It is built around two indicators: These measures are tracked over several decades to reveal past trends, then three scenarios explore what might lie ahead.

The scenarios show how the choices we make might lead to a sustainable society living in harmony with robust ecosystems, or to the collapse of these same ecosystems, resulting in a permanent loss of biodiversity and erosion of the planet’s ability to support people.
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Living Planet Report 2008 front cover
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