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Asia Overtakes Rest of the World in Consumption of Materials

2013-04-24 15:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Asia Pacific has surpassed the rest of the world in its consumption of materials and will continue to dominate world material flows, according to a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report released today. The region`s trade balance indicates that the current rate of exploitation of its resource base is no longer sufficient to support the region`s fast-growing economies and changing lifestyles. From 1970-2008, consumption of construction minerals increased 13.4 times, metal ores and...

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