Environmental impacts of food production worldwide

Distribution of the environmental impacts of food production worldwide

CharacteristicShare of food production environmental impacts
Share of global deforestation
linked to agriculture
80%
Share of global GHG emissions linked to food systems 29%
Agricltures share of freshwater use 70%
Terrestrial biodiversity loss linked to food production 70%
Freshwater biodiversity loss linked to food production 50%
Share of degraded agricultural production land 52%
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of food production environmental impacts80%80%29%29%70%70%70%70%50%50%52%52%Share of global deforestationlinked to agricultureShare of global GHG emissionslinked to food systemsAgricltures share of freshwateruseTerrestrial biodiversity loss linkedto food productionFreshwater biodiversity loss linkedto food productionShare of degraded agriculturalproduction land
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Release date

September 2020

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

Sources: Adapted from CBD (2014) 98, GSDR (2019) 99 and ELD Initiative (2015) 103.

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