An estimated 75 billion tonnes of soil is lost annually with more than 80 per cent of the world's farming land "moderately or severely eroded"
Soil is being lost in China 57 times faster than it can be replaced through natural processes, in Europe 17 times faster and in America 10 times faster.
The UN Food and Agriculture Programme believes food production must rise by 70 per cent on 2005-7 levels to cope with a world population forecast to hit nine billion in 2050
Britain's population by 2060 will increase by 25% from the current figure of just over 61 million to almost 77 million. It currently has to import 40% of it's food.
There are now 46,000 pieces of plastic per square kilometre of the world's oceans, killing a million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals each year.
A study of fulmar carcases that washed up on North Sea coastlines found that 95 per cent had plastic in their stomachs – an average of 45 pieces per bird.
40% of the world's plankton is now dead, and is dying off at the rate of 1% per year. This will be a bugger for carbon dioxide levels.
There are now 46,000 pieces of plastic per square kilometre of the world's oceans, killing a million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals each year.
A study of fulmar carcases that washed up on North Sea coastlines found that 95 per cent had plastic in their stomachs – an average of 45 pieces per bird.
40% of the world's plankton is now dead, and is dying off at the rate of 1% per year. This will be a bugger for carbon dioxide levels.
206,000 out of 210,000 tons of shrimp caught every year in the NE Atlantic is chucked away.
That'll do. Every time I buy something from now on, unless it's from a sustainable source and not made from placcy, I will think very hard indeed about whether it's really needed at all.
And Liverpool still don't have a new owner.
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My hangover's gone so it's back to being positive from now on!
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