US Edition'Cementing over Our Own Future': Europe's Nature Loss Is 600 Football Pitches Daily
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'Cementing over our own future': Europe's nature loss is 600 football pitches daily
Every year, Europe loses 1,500km² to construction. Green spaces that once sheltered wildlife, supplied food and removed carbon from the atmosphere at an alarming rate, a new investigation reveals.
The area of land that has changed from green to grey between 2018 and 2023 is around 9,000 square kilometres, an area the size of Cyprus. According to research published by The Guardian, this is land destined not only for the construction of houses and roads, but also for luxury tourism, consumption and leisure.
Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day
Investigation shows extent of green land lost across UK and mainland Europe to development from 2018 to 2023 The Santa Claus effect: how expanding tourism ate into Lapland’s green space Europe is losing green space that once harboured wildlife, captured carbon and supplied food at the rate of 600…
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