UK consumption footprint more than one and half times its land area

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Goods produced for UK require huge amounts of land overseas, leaving the country vulnerable to resource shortages, warn Friends of the Earth

Around 40 per cent of the land used to source goods consumed in Europe is located outside its borders, putting the continent at risk of price fluctuations and resource shortages as the effects of climate...

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