Abandoned Lands: A Hidden Resource for Restoring Biodiversity
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Abandoned farmland has been increasing, with a billion acres — an area half the size of Australia — lost globally. Ecologists are increasingly pointing to the potential of these lands and of degraded forests as neglected resources for rewilding and for capturing carbon.
  • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    That “half the size of Australia” stat is for global abandoned farm land, in case you were initially confused as I was that they were saying Bulgaria had that much abandoned farm land while being less than a tenth the size of Australia.

    Edit: removed redundant words that were unnecessary