Question A2 (30 marks)

The World Wildlife Fund's Living Planet Report (2014) states that biodiversity is

declining sharply, while our demands on nature are unsustainable and increasing.

Describe the ways in which the business sector places demands on the natural

environment (15 marks) and discuss how these demands are being impacted by

global population growth, increasing consumption of natural resources by

developing countries and continuing high levels of consumption of natural

resources by developed countries (15 marks).