An organization ensures that Cuba is the only country that maintains a sustainable development
Cuba is the only country with sustainable development, according to the biannual report released today by the WWF in Beijing, and indicates that the ecosystem is being degraded at a rate unprecedented in history. "
According to the report, prepared by WWF every two years and was first introduced in China's capital, if things continue as at present, by 2050 the human need to consume natural resources and energy equivalent to two Earths.
is a vicious circle: poor countries per capita cause damage to nature much lower, but as they are developed, and in this situation are China and India, the rate is increasing to unsustainable levels by the planet.
WWF has developed in its report a graph overlaying two variables: the human development index (established by the UN) and the "ecological footprint", which indicates the per person energy and resources consumed in each country .
Surprisingly, only Cuba has in both cases levels sufficient to enable it to be designated a country that "meets the minimum criteria for sensitivity."
"does not mean, of course, that Cuba is a perfect country, but it is one that meets the conditions," he said in response to a question from Efe, Jonathan Loh, one of the authors.
"Cuba reached a good level of development according to the UN due to its high level of literacy and life expectancy quite high, while its" carbon footprint "is not great to be a country with low power consumption," he added Loh, who presented the study in Beijing.
In fact, the Latin American region in general appears be found closer to sustainability, as other countries such as Brazil and Mexico are close to the minimum necessary, address the situation in regions like Africa (with low energy but very underdeveloped) or Europe, where the given versa.
"I do not know exactly why this is done (the good situation of Latin America), but you can give an account that is where people seem happier, and perhaps due to a better balance between development and environment "said study author.
Despite the good vibrations transmitted by the Latin bloc, the overall picture painted by the WWF report is daunting: for example, the number of species of vertebrate animals has declined by 30 percent in the last 33 years.
The footprint of man is such that "resources are consumed in a very fast, which prevents the reclaimed land," said WWF Director General James Leape, who also participated in the presentation of the report in Beijing.
The "ecological footprint" of man, their consumption of resources according WWF has tripled between 1961 and 2003, so that humans and impact on the planet by 25 percent more than the natural regenerative process Earth can support.
There is also a worsening of the situation, despite efforts like the Kyoto Protocol to try to fix it: in the previous WWF report, published in 2004, the impact of man surpassed 21 percent of the planet's regenerative capacity.
The new report by the organization placed on the "blacklist" of countries with high per capita consumption of energy and resources to United Arab Emirates, USA, Finland, Canada, Kuwait, Australia, Estonia, Sweden, New Zealand and Norway.
The fact that the report was filed in China shows the importance given to WWF Asian economic future, because the way you choose to develop "is key to the global progress towards sustainable development."
Although China is, for example the second largest emitter of polluting gases, due to its large population, its ecological footprint per capita is, as in the case of India, very low compared to First World countries.
expert Yi Jiang, Peking University, Tsinghua, said at the ceremony held in Beijing that one of the keys to improving resource and energy consumption in China is "developing a rural energy balance" and investigate alternatives heating and air conditioning for Chinese homes.
The issue is not trivial in a country where, with high summer temperatures, air conditioners cause enormous deficits energy and power outages in most developed areas in China, especially in the Yangtze River Delta.
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