Environmental degradation

Environmental degradation

A major source of deforestation is the driven spectacularly by China and JapanChina and India are quickly becoming large China has seen oil consumption grow by 8% yearly since 2002, doubling from 1996–2006 2006 report said the two countries' high hid a reality of severe The report states:

The world's ecological capacity is simply insufficient to satisfy the ambitions of China, India, Japan, Europe and the United States as well as the aspirations of the rest of the world in a sustainable way

 

Without more recycling, could be used up by 2037, bothanduld run out by 2017, and could be gone before 2012It is said that if China and India were to consume as much resources per capita as United States or Japan in 2030 together they would require a full planet Earth to meet their needs.n the longterm these effects can lead to increased conflict over dwindling resource and in the worst case a 

The said the booming economies of  and are planetary powers that are shaping the global biosphere. In 2007, China overtook the United States as the world's biggest producer of Only 1 percent of the country’s 560 million city inhabitants (2007) breathe air deemed safe by the . At present rates, tropical rainforests in would be logged out in 10 years, in 13 to 16 years.