ICN Sunday Morning: Gobbled up by Agriculture

Go behind the scenes with reporters Kiley Bense and Georgina Gustin as they discuss how agriculture is devouring the world’s grasslands, savannas and wetlands.Agriculture is the biggest driver of forest destruction around the world, especially in well-known places like the Amazon rainforest. But new research finds that other ecosystems—the world’s grasslands, savannas and wetlands—are being gobbled up for agriculture at nearly four times the rate as forests. As with forests, the main reason is livestock.Georgina, who reports on agriculture for Inside Climate News, describes what makes grasslands and wetlands such important ecosystems, what happens when they are replaced by cropland and pasture, and what’s driving the destruction in the United States. Read the story: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25...Explore ICN’s reporting on agriculture: https://insideclimatenews.org/topic/f... Subscribe to the ICN Sunday Morning newsletter: https://insideclimatenews.org/newslet... Support our nonprofit newsroom: https://insideclimatenews.org/donate