Half of the world’s habitable land is used for agriculture

Date posted: 13 November 2019

For much of human history, most of the world’s land was wilderness: forests, grasslands and shrubbery dominated its landscapes. Over the last few centuries, this has changed dramatically: wild habitats have been squeezed out by turning it into agricultural land.

Hannah Richie presents a blog on land use and agriculture that draws on data and research discussed in their entry on Land Use.

Read the blog here

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