{"id":8515,"date":"2019-08-07T14:57:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T13:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=8515"},"modified":"2019-08-07T14:57:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T13:57:49","slug":"abuse-of-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=8515","title":{"rendered":"abuse of land"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"wheat\"<\/a>One of the big environmental problems at the moment is abuse of land.\u00a0 Climate change is making it harder to grow food.\u00a0 (In a small amateur way, I experience this.)\u00a0 But also abuse of land makes climate change worse.\u00a0 Then you have got the problem of increasing population and how to feed them and the use of land for other stuff like biofuels.<\/p>\n

Its a really major conundrum.\u00a0 There isn’t much good news except perhaps on population.\u00a0 There are increasing indications that birth rates are plunging globally.\u00a0 There are some exceptions, like most of Africa, but in the last few week we’ve learnt that UK birth rates are way below replacement level.\u00a0 Up until now migrant groups have had birth rates which has meant the UK population is set to increase, but now rates in this group have plunged as well.\u00a0 The global population is set to increase until 2050 though, so its still a challenge.<\/p>\n

On the land use problem there is not such good news.\u00a0 UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have been looking for some solutions.<\/p>\n

They believe we need to:<\/p>\n