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Fortunately land use has been pretty much steady since 1990[1], despite world population increasing by around 45%[2]. This is due to land use for agriculture p
by mpweiher 6y ago
Fortunately land use has been pretty much steady since 1990[1], despite world population increasing by around 45%[2].
This is due to land use for agriculture per person dropping rapidly[3].
[1] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-agricultural-area-over-the-long-term https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-agricultural-area-o...
[2] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population?time=1985..latest&country=IND~CHN~NGA~BRA~IDN~USA~OWID_WRL https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population?time=1985..lat...
[3] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-agricultural-land-use-per-person?time=1900..2016 https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-agricultural-land-u...