Between 2018 and 2023, 600 Football Fields of Nature and Agricultural Land Were Lost Daily, Accordination to New International Research. This Green Space is of replaced by Gray, Such as highways and homes.
Europe Loses 1,500 Square kilometers of nature and agricultural land annually. The Largest Portion was replaced by highways and homes. Industry also the place of green spaces, as did hotels, golf courses, and other things relationship to tourism and recreation.
For Example, Endangered Nature Reserves in Finland Were Transformed Into A Highway, and in Germany, Half A Million Trees Were Felled for the Construction of a Tesla Factory. In Portugal, 300 hectares of Natura 2000 Land Were Converted Into A Luxury Golf Course. And Protected Wetlands in the Izmir Region of Turkey had to make way for the concrete foundations of a Harbor for Luxury Yachts. All these Natural Arees Are Important Habitats for Numerous Animal Species and also Store CO2.
The Figures and Examples Come from the Research Green to Gray: How Europe Wastes The Last Nature Left. A team of 41 journalists and scientists from all over Europe Conducted Research in Thirty Countries. They analyzed data between 2018 and 2023.
The Researchers Used Satellite Data, Artificial Intelligence, and On-Site Reporting, Among Other Things. The results show that even more nature is Disappeaaring in Europe than Previously Thought by Agencies Such as the European Environment Agency (eea).
In The Netherlands and Belgium, relatively Much Green Disappears
This Decline of Nature has tasks place across Europe in recent years. In Scandinavia, IT, Mainly Forests, in Southern Europe, Coastal Areas Were Mostly Affected, and in Central Europe, More Agricultural Land Disappeared.
The research shows that in Turkey, The Largest Area of Nature (1,860 square kilometers) was replaced by ‘Gray’ PurPoses, followed by Poland, Germany and France.
But the authors note that the Netherlands and Belgium top the list when looking at the ratio of nature loss to the size of the country. “These Countries Build on a Larger Part of Their Total Area Annually Than Large Countries with Ferwer Inhabitants,” The Research States.
To prevent Nature from DisappeaRing Further, experts say that more European legislation is needed regarding land use. “This determines our Future, We Cannot Live in a Desert of Stone,” Said Uva Scientist Peter Terburg about the Results of the Research.