- 10,000 years ago 57% of the world's habitable land was covered by forest. That's 6 billion hectares. Today, only 4 billion hectares are left. The world has lost one-third of its forest – an area twice the size of the United States. https://ourworldindata.org/deforestation 20 comments environment
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- Soy - Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/soy 141 comments
- What will it take to end deforestation by 2030? | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/what-will-it-take-to-end-deforestation-by-2030/ 103 comments
- Global deforestation peaked in the 1980s. Can we bring it to an end? - Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/global-deforestation-peak 96 comments
- Is Bacteria The Future Of Farming? https://www.noemamag.com/making-food-out-of-thin-air/ 94 comments
- Can we save the Amazon rainforest from environmental destruction? - New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/environment/2022/09/amazon-rainforest-save-environmental-destruction 40 comments
- Cutting down forests: what are the drivers of deforestation? - Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/what-are-drivers-deforestation 9 comments
- Ranked: The Top 20 Countries With the Most Ultra-Wealthy Individuals https://www.visualcapitalist.com/top-20-countries-with-the-most-ultra-wealthy-individuals/ 8 comments
- How do we know humans are causing climate change? https://www.complexeffects.com/p/how-do-we-know-humans-are-causing 5 comments
- The world has lost one-third of its forest, but an end of deforestation is possible - Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/world-lost-one-third-forests 5 comments
- This Is What It Will Take to End Deforestation by 2030 | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/end-deforestation-2030/ 4 comments
- MIT Says We Could Build a House With Lab-Grown Wood https://futurism.com/the-byte/mit-house-lab-grown-wood 4 comments
- Toilet Paper Takes a terrible toll through Deforestation https://adetokunbo.substack.com/p/toilet-paper-takes-a-terrible-toll 2 comments
- Natural climate solutions - trees https://www.the-public-good.com/climate-crisis/natural-climate-solutions-trees 0 comments
- The Way We Eat Can Harm — Or Help — Biodiversity https://sentientmedia.org/what-we-eat-biodiversity/ 0 comments
Linked pages
- You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local - Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local 477 comments
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s0959378018314365 302 comments
- World Population Growth - Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/world-population-growth 207 comments
- Soy - Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/soy 141 comments
- Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 95 comments
- Crop Yields - Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/crop-yields 70 comments
- Nuclear Energy - Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/nuclear-energy 47 comments
- Forest Monitoring, Land Use & Deforestation Trends | Global Forest Watch http://www.globalforestwatch.org/ 2 comments
- Forest area - Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/forest-area 0 comments
- Fossil Fuels - Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/fossil-fuels 0 comments
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