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Restoring ecosystems could feed 740 million people
and cover the daily protein needs of additional 90 million people
High seas
Oceania
Europe
North
and Central
America
South
America
Asia
Africa
255
50
10
Million
Agricultural
land
Marine
sh stock
People that could get their
daily proteins ( sh) and
calories (cereals) through
restoration of ecosystems,
by region
Source: Estimates based on Oldeman, L., R., Global Extent of Soil Degradation,
1991; Srinivasan, U.,T., et al., Food security implications of global marine
catch losses due to over shing, 2010.
By restoring degraded agricultural
land, the world can meet the food
needs of more than a quarter of
the anticipated growth in
population
By 2050 the world population is
expected to increase by 2.6 billion
= 100 million people