Grasslands are vanishing nearly four times faster than forests, global study finds

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Feb 26, 2026, 5:50 pm123 ptsTrending
Along with forests, grasslands and wetlands are also being converted to cropland and pasture at an increasing rate around the world—often for livestock farming and the export of agricultural products. An international team of researchers, including Martin Persson from Chalmers, has now analyzed for the first…

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