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The long-term prospectsfor maintaining the American lifestyle
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19. huge disparities between the most and least affluent countries. NZ eco-footprint is 8.35, ‘resource intensive’ ? richest countries have eco-footprints larger than their areas. use resources of poorer countries; are shielded from ecosystems degradation ? actual world average footprint exceeds available land/person. excess represents consumption of biosphere structure ? long-term integrity of the ecosphere requires that the richest countries reduce consumption to 25%