Increased Land Cultivation:
Loss of Wildlife Habitat

Growing demand for concentrate feed leads to area expansion and intensification of cultivation and thus potentially exerts a wide range of pressures on the environment. | Policy Pressure and Policy Options Technology Options

The increased crop cultivation occurs at the expense of other forms of land use, mainly pastures and forests. Land clearing as a result of crop production expansion is a potential threat to loss of biomass, less space for wildlife and as a result loss of wildlife habitat, and to undesirable changes in the aesthetic aspects of the landscape.

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