Oct 08: India’s Demand on Nature Approaching Critical Limits - Report finds from the Global Footprint Network

As the world grapples with the escalating effects of the financial crisis, Global Footprint Network reported on another mounting – and unsecured – debt: a growing gap in India between the amount of natural resources the country uses and how much it has.

India now demands the biocapacity of two Indias to provide for its consumption and absorb its wastes, according to a report released by Global Footprint Network and CII (Confederation of Indian Industry). The report, India’s Ecological Footprint: A Business Perspective, was presented Monday, Oct. 13 2008, in New Delhi to a conference that included top Indian environmental officials, leaders of Indian industry, U.S. State Department representatives and other stakeholders.

Please see http://www.footprintnetwork.org/index.php/newsletter/bv/indias_demand_on...

and http://www.worldresourcesforum.org/files/India_Report_2008.pdf (original source: http://www.footprintnetwork.org/download.php?id=504)

for further details.