Global land use changes are four times greater than previously estimated

Quantifying land use change is critical in tackling global challenges related to food, climate and biodiversity. Here the authors show that land use change has affected 32 % of the global land area in six decades (1960- 2019) by combining multiple open datasets to create the HIstoric Land Dynamics A...

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Autores principales: Karina Winkler, Richard Fuchs, Mark Rounsevell, Martin Herold
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/3405a59dc5e3405fb888f424c4998330
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Sumario:Quantifying land use change is critical in tackling global challenges related to food, climate and biodiversity. Here the authors show that land use change has affected 32 % of the global land area in six decades (1960- 2019) by combining multiple open datasets to create the HIstoric Land Dynamics Assessment +.