During that time, 800,000 km² of net forest loss occurred and crops expanded by 1 million km.2 900,000 km² of rangelands and pastures.
To stop the destruction of Natural habitat, We urgently call our “Natural capital“In this case, the environmental benefits of forests and other major ecosystems affect the world and national economies.
Creating and maintaining forests, wetlands and other major ecosystems should be more economically valuable than activities such as agriculture and mining, fossil fuels, plastics and cement production.
Local community To directly maintain the surrounding natural habitat, such as wildfire prevention, sustainable use of forest products, and controlled environmental tourism, to name a few.
Reforestation incentives are already paying off China, And new research shows that deforestation trends are changing in most of the United States, Europe and Australia.
Since 2005, the rate of change in land use has declined worldwide, while the production and export of commercial crops has expanded in the Global South during that period.
doing it clearly Relationship between changes in land use and global market demandIn the long run, the general trend is an increase in economic production, primarily related to environmental destruction.
We are convinced that the solution lies in how each country calculates its total income.
We believe that if the accounting of such natural assets becomes commonplace, the global economic system will pay as much attention as more traditional GDP.