Under the intense human disturbance, the area of China’s urban wetland is reducing, with its ecological services deteriorated and pollution and eutrophication getting serious.
Under theintensehumandisturbance, the area of China'surbanwetland is reducing, with its ecologicalservices deteriorated and pollution and eutrophication gettingserious.
Demand outstrips supply: In less the 50 years, the Mediterranean region nearly tripled its demands for ecological resources and services, and increased itsecological deficit by 230 percent.
Wealth and Footprint size: The higher the income of a country, the greater was its demand for ecological resources and services (and the higher its per capita consumption).