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One planet living?

By Paul Burall | Wed 1st October 2008 - 11:20 am

We’re running out of planet. It has been calculated that if everyone adopted typical UK lifestyles, we would need three Earths. Clean water is already scarce in some places, including parts of the UK. Biodiversity is receding at such a pace that scientists have forecast mass extinctions, and although this might prove as threatening to life as climate change, politicians have given it little attention.

Closer to home, noise and light pollution disturb the tranquillity of many areas. The rural landscape is being degraded and urban open spaces are disappearing. Valuable habitats and wildlife are being lost. There is a …

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