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> yield of crops Citation needed? > forests are suffering [..] in Europe Forests have been booming in Europe: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/07/forest-
by mpweiher 5y ago
> yield of crops
Citation needed?
> forests are suffering [..] in Europe
Forests have been booming in Europe: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/07/forest-europe-environment/ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/07/forest-europe-environ...
> decline of insect populations
Worrying, but unsure at this point what the trend is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_in_insect_populations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_in_insect_populations
For example, I read for years how the monarch butterfly was on the verge of extinction. Now:
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/11/17/california-sees-monarch-butterfly-population-bounce-back/ https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/11/17/california-sees...
- mpweiher 5y agoOn yield of crops: Area dedicated to crops has steadily declined in Europe and the US since the 1950s, while feeding larger populations. This is only possible if crop yields have increased, substantially. https://ourworldindata.org/land-use https://ourworldindata.org/land-use