Human comsumption 'destroying earth's resources'

Reliance on fossil fuels, the spread of cities, the destruction of natural habitats for farmland and over-exploitation of the oceans are destroying Earth’s ability to sustain life, the World Wildlife Fund warns in a new report.

The biggest consumers of non-renewable natural resources are the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Kuwait, Australia and Sweden, which leave the biggest “ecological footprint”, the environmental group said in its Living Planet Report released in Geneva yesterday. Ireland is 10th on the list.