fair shares of environmental space for
all
For decades, northern countries have
helped themselves to the natural riches of
Latin America, Asia and Africa in order to
fuel an unsustainable economic growth.
Friends of the Earth believes that everyone
is entitled to a fair share of environmental
space, and that the affluent North needs to
curb its consumption so that the rest of the
world can develop sustainably.
Frequently asked questions about
ecological debt
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repay the ecological debt!
The exploitation of southern forests,
biodiversity, minerals, oil and traditional
knowledge has left environmental destruction
and social and cultural upheaval in its wake.
We are calling for the recognition and
repayment of the ecological debt – the
cumulative results of decades of resource
plundering, destroyed biodiversity,
environmental damage, waste dumping and
climate change -- owed by industrialized
countries to the people of the South.
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