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Land Use Articles

Article:	As Prices Rise, Farmers Spurn Conservation Program - David Streitfield (New York Times)	View Article
Published:	4/9/2008	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Frank K 223 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Agriculture & Biofuels

Article Details: Thousands of farmers are taking their fields out of the government’s biggest conservation program, which pays them not to cultivate. They are spurning guaranteed annual payments for a chance to cash in on the boom in wheat, soybeans, corn and other crops. Last fall, they took back as many acres as are in Rhode Island and Delaware combined. Environmental and hunting groups are warning that years of progress could soon be lost.

Article:	Livestock a major threat to environment - UN Food and Agriculture Organization	View Article
Published:	11/29/2006	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Frank K 249 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Agriculture & Air Pollution

Article Details: The livestock sector generates more greenhouse gas emissions as measured in CO2 equivalent – 18 percent – than transport. And it accounts for 37 percent of all human-induced methane (23 times as warming as CO2), and 64 percent of ammonia, which contributes significantly to acid rain. And livestock use 30 percent of the earth’s entire land surface, with about 20 percent of pastures considered as degraded through overgrazing, compaction and erosion.