Grain | Planetary boundary 5: Land use change

Description (résumé du contenu, plan du module, titre du grains, ...) Introduction
The intensification of agricultural areas and urban sprawl lead to the deforestation of forest areas. Over the past fifty years, the transformation of natural and semi-natural environments (forests, meadows and other ecosystems) into agricultural land has increased by an average of 0.8% per year (Rockström et al., 2009). This has the following consequences: loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services, soil erosion, risk of flooding and mudflows, increased greenhouse gas emissions, carbon de-stocking ...
Auteur du module Lemarquis Elie
Type de pédagogie Cours magistral
Avancement Relu par la communauté
Champ de recherche
  • Terre et Univers
Compétences
  • CE1 Systémique