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The Future of Global Development, Mapped
Urbanization, agriculture, and energy could gobble up 20 percent of the world’s remaining natural land by 2050.
By 2050, the world’s population is projected to approach nine billion. With more people will come more developed land—a lot more.
Urbanization, agriculture, energy, and mining put 20 percent of the world’s remaining forests, grasslands, and other natural ecosystems at risk of conversion by 2050. With that kind of expansion, there are sure to be harms—namely clean water, clean air, and biodiversity.