| Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Delaware Newsletter for Sunday October 29, 2023 ( 2 items ) |
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WWF Report Finds 1.6 Million Acres of Great Plains Grasslands Destroyed in Just One Year
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 28 (TNSres) -- EcoWatch posted the following news:
By Paige Bennett
An analysis of crops and croplands has found that 1.6 million acres of grasslands in the Great Plains of the U.S. and Canada were destroyed in just one year, in 2021. The amount of grassland plowed during this time is about the size of Delaware, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reported.
The new Plowprint Report released by the WWF analyzed data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Cropland Data Layer,
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WWF: Grassland Decline Continues at Alarming Pace With 1.6 Million Acres of the Great Plains Destroyed in 2021 Alone
BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- World Wildlife Fund issued the following news release:
Annual analysis from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reveals 1.6 million acres of grasslands across the US and Canadian Great Plains were destroyed in 2021 - continuing a steady, devastating trend in the region. The Plowprint report once again identified row crop expansion as the primary driver of plow-up, erasing the equivalent of an area greater than the state of Delaware from the map in only 12 months.
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