Ecological Overshoot Reported in Chile for the Sixth Straight Year

Ecological overshoot reported in Chile for the sixth straight year

The Global Footprint Network (GFN) monitoring ecological developments reported that Chile has exhausted its annual natural resources by May 17, 2025, technically known as an 'overshoot,' thus becoming the first South American country to do so this year. If global consumption mirrored Chile's, 2.7 Earths would be needed to sustain it, the organization argued.

The Global Ecological Footprint (GFN) estimated that Chile, for the sixth year in a row, possessed itself as the first Latin American country to achieve the so-called "ecological overdraft." READ ALSO: Chile: La Moneda and nearby buildings were evacuated after a strong smell of gas was reported According to GFN, in the first five months of the year, all the resources that nature can restore and began to consume from future generations ended. Gre…

“If all the world’s population had the levels of consumption and pollution in Chile, the demand for natural resources would exceed the planet’s regenerative capacity for the rest of the year.”