Under pressure : How our material consumption threatens the planet´s water resources

Under pressure : How our material consumption threatens the planet´s water resources. Friends of the Earth ; Sustainable Europe Research Institute, 2011, 36 p.

http://www.foeeurope.org/publications/2011/Under_Pressure_Nov11.pdf

Executive summary : This report looks at material consumption and water use and how they are interrelated. An increasing number of studies look at the levels of material extraction, trade and consumption. Yet, so far, the connection between materials and other resources, such as water, tends to be less well understood. This report, the second in the natural resource consumption series (following the 2009 report “Overconsumption? Our use of the world‘s natural resources.”), aims to raise awareness of these connections, and to contribute to the debate on resource use through various examples illustrating how water is consumed…

à propos de ce rapport :

– Surconsommation, une menace sur l’eau, Les Amis de la Terre, communiqué du 14/11/2011 http://www.amisdelaterre.org/Surconsommation-une-menace-sur-l.html

– Surconsommation d’eau en Europe : une menace pour la ressource, actualites-news-environnement, 17/11/2011 http://www.actualites-news-environnement.com/27441-Surconsommation-eau-Europe-menace-ressource.html

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