Living Planet Report 2012 May 15, 2012 Lasse Gustavsson Executive Director for Conservation WWF International 5 June 2012 One planet 7 billion expectations.

Living Planet Report 2012

May 15, 2012

Lasse GustavssonExecutive Director for ConservationWWF International5 June 2012

One planet 7 billion expectations

Biodiversity, Biocapacity and Better Choices


Living Planet Index

WWF/ZSL, 2012

28% decline since 1970


Ecological Footprint

50% in excess of Earth’s regenerative capacity

Global Footprint Network, 2011


A five-fold increase in fishing since 1950 is depleting the oceans


Ecological Footprint

Global Footprint Network, 2011.

With currenttrends, by 2030 we would need

2 planets


Preserve our natural capital


Ending Net Deforestation by 2020 Could Save 180 million Hectares of Forest by 2050

WWF, 2011a


Better Production


Solutions: Better ProductionBetter Production


Smarter Consumption


Global markets are shifting to certified sustainable commodities

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• The valuing of natural resources

• The elimination of perverse subsidies

• Sustainable developmental goals


EU CAP reform



It takes 1.5 years for the

Earth to regenerate the

renewable resources that

people use, and absorb the

CO2 waste they produce, in

that same year.

BIOCAPACITY

Living within ecological

boundaries requires a global

consumption and production

pattern in balance with the

Earth’s biocapacity.

BETTER CHOICES

Biodiversity, ecosystems and

ecosystem services – our

natural capital – must be

preserved as the foundation

of well-being for all.

BIODIVERSITY

Equitable resource governance

is essential to shrink and share

our resource use.

EQUITABLE SHARING

Thank You!

Living Planet Report 2012 May 15, 2012 Lasse Gustavsson Executive Director for Conservation WWF International 5 June 2012 One planet 7 billion expectations.

Documents

aliving planet report

living planet index

better choicesbiodiversity

global markets

earths biocapacity

global consumption

ecological boundaries

valuing of natural resources