Sentences with phrase «converting rangelands»
Lower on NAS's list of potential concerns were the consequences of accidentally releasing genetically modified algae into the environment and the effects of converting rangeland or pastureland to biofuel - making ponds.
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In this way, human populations were able to increase and expand for millennia, converting vast tracts of pristine forest into semi-natural woodlands and less productive land into rangeland.
http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/trends/co2/siple-gr.htm The agricultural revolution (converting forests and rangelands into farms) started almost 9,000 years ago.
Converting 60 percent of the pasture / rangeland would provide 140 billion gallons per year of EtOH, and ~ 500 million tons of DDGS for animal feed.
The wind then does the rest, removing the soil and converting productive rangeland into desert.