MOSCOW. (Andrei Kislyakov, scientific commentator, for RIA Novosti) - This year will be remembered for the Russian-Georgian conflict over South Ossetia and the protracted economic crisis. Moreover, it turns out that, if humankind wants to survive, it will soon have to colonize some other planet.
A new report issued by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warns of the danger to future prosperity if the reckless over-consumption of the Earth's natural resources is left unchecked.
WWF's Living Planet Report 2008, produced with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and the Global Footprint Network (GFN), shows more than three quarters of the world's population are now living in nations that are ecological debtors, where national consumption has outstripped their country's biological capacity.
Presently, human demand on the world's natural resources measure nearly a third more than earth can sustain. In addition, global natural wealth and diversity continue to decline.
In the next 30 years, the world will face shortages of the most essential resources and an imminent political and economic disaster. Consequently, humankind must either drastically change its way of life or settle on another planet somewhere out in space.
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