Newsletter ACERA - Mayo 2020
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Chile in ecological overdraft<br />
According to data from the Global Footprint Network (GFN),Chile<br />
would have exhausted all its natural resources that it had available for<br />
<strong>2020</strong> on May 18, thus becoming the first Latin American country to<br />
enter ecological overdraft.<br />
Ecological overdraft occurs when natural resources are harvested faster<br />
than they grow again. In other words, Chile's ecological footprint<br />
exceeded the average biological capacity of ecosystems to regenerate<br />
resources in a renewable way and absorb the different wastes generated<br />
by humans.<br />
But how ecological footprint may be reduced? A key part is transport, as<br />
it is one of the main activities that contribute to the emission of greenhouse<br />
gases, as it is also essential to reduce food waste, plan purchases<br />
and compost organic waste.<br />
In <strong>2020</strong> the first country to arrive at the overdraft was Qatar (11<br />
February), the second Luxembourg (16 February) and the third United<br />
Arab Emirates (7 March). Kuwait was fourth (10 March) and the United<br />
States fifth (14 March). While Cuba, Nicaragua, Iraq, Ecuador and<br />
Indonesia will be the last nations to complete their share of natural<br />
resources.<br />
Source of Photo: Global Footprint Network
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