'Major blind spot': Supply chains depleting grasslands and wetlands four times faster than forests

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Research warns extensive conversion of grasslands and wetlands is being driven by global food, animal feed, and bioenergy demand

Deforestation may be rightly recognised as one of the most pressing drivers of ecosystem depletion and biodiversity loss, but the world is losing non-forest ecosystems such as grasslands, savannahs, and...

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