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While the rest of the world is busy chingando the ecosystem, a report published by the World Wildlife Foundation claims that the only country in the world with “sustainable development” is Cuba:

WWF includes in its report a graph which shows two features: the human development index (established by the United Nations) and the so-called “ecological footprint” which shows the per person energy and resources comsued in each country.

Surprisingly, only Cuba has passed in both arenas, which is enough to be designated a country that “meets the minimum sensitivity criteria”.

The study’s authors credit the high level of literacy, long life expectancy and low consumption of energy for this success.

The authors also claim that Latin America is the region that leads in sustainable development, and that is due in part to the fact that, according to them:

“…people are happier there and maybe that’s because there is a better balance between development and the environment.”

That doesn’t sound very scientific to me. And I can’t say that people in general are “happier” in Latin America. They worry about different things and let other things go maybe, but that generalization is a little bit far-fetched, I think. Though there are those who think otherwise.

Via / 20 Minutos

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