Sentences with phrase «most ecological deficits»

For most ecological deficits, we do not have a global estimate of their size.

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«Most countries are in ecological deficit, increasingly dependent on potentially unreliable trade in biocapacity,» Rees and Wackernagel wrote.

Despite Blomqvist et al.'s reservations, Footprint results show that: (1) most countries are in ecological deficit, increasingly dependent on potentially unreliable trade in biocapacity; (2) humanity is at or beyond global carrying capacity for key categories of consumption, particularly agriculture (factoring in soil loss and ecosystem degradation would reveal additional deficits); (3) global carbon waste sinks are overflowing; and (4) the aggregate metabolism of the human economy exceeds the regenerative capacity of the ecosphere (and the ratio is increasing).