How can restoration help solve hunger?
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09.01.19
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Landscapes need to be restored. The growing global population needs enough food to eat. How can both needs be met at once?
“Agriculture has been a key driver of land-use change and deforestation, and is responsible for 80 percent of forest conversion,” said Karin Kemper, the World Bank’s senior director for the Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice, at the 2018 Global Landscapes Forum conference in Bonn.
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