WWF's 2024 Living Planet Report: A Call for Sustainable Agriculture
WWF or World Wide Fund for Nature (Formerly World Wildlife Fund), is an independent conservation organisation, with more than 38 million followers and a global network active through local leadership in over 100 countries. The latest report from WWF, the 2024 Living Planet Report , highlights the urgent need for sustainable agricultural practices to address the environmental challenges posed by the global food system. Packed with statistics, the report makes a strong case for why we must change how we produce and consume food before it's too late. Key Findings: Farming, including paddy fields, fishing trawlers, dairy farms, and coffee plantations, contributes a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions. If the projected 10 billion people on Earth in 2050 adopt the diets of countries like Australia or Argentina, we would need 7-8 Earths to produce enough food. 71% of agricultural land is used for grazing livestock, leaving only 30% for growing crops for human consumption. Agriculture cons...