Intensive farming is eating up the Australian continent – but there's another way
- Written by Sue McIntyre, Honorary Professor, Australian National University
Sue McIntyre, Author providedLast week we learned woody vegetation in New South Wales is being cleared at more than double the rate of the previous decade – and agriculture was responsible for more than half the destruction.
Farming now covers 58% of Australia, or 385 million hectares, and accounts for 59% of water extracted.
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