Global Footprint Network and WWF Africa:
Around the world, nature and natural resources
are under more pressure than ever before – and
nowhere is this more striking than in Africa. The
principal driver behind Africa’s growing ecological
footprint is growing consumption, driven by
population increase and the robust expansion
of the regional economy. The region’s per capita
income has gone up and poverty rates have declined in some countries, giving rise to a growing, and increasingly urbanised, middle class. These changes are resulting in greater consumption ofresources in Africa and beyond, and increasingly impact the natural environment, degrading the ecosystems that underpin the economy and sustain life itself.
