China resources can't match use
Jun. 15, 2008 12:00 AM
Associated Press
BEIJING - China consumes more than double what its natural resources can supply, a report by environmentalists says.

If China were to follow the U.S. in individual demand on natural resources, it would need the available capacity of the entire planet, the report issued recently by the WWF said.

China uses 15 percent of the world's biological capacity - resources such as water, land and timber, the report said.

"In the next 10 to 20 years, China's consumption will likely continue to pose threats to China's own ecosystems and place increasing pressures on global biocapacity," it said.

Zhu Guangyao, secretary-general of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, which jointly commissioned the report with the WWF, said it is crucial for China to develop sustainably in the next 20 years.

Water and electricity are priced below their market value in China, causing it to be inefficiently used by farms and industry, and China imports large amounts of its timber to meet rising demand.



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