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Chart (static)Published 13 Jul 2012Modified 11 Sept 2024
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Between 2000 and 2006, in grassland areas:
• 32 % of change was due to conversion from pasture to arable land and permanent crops and 21 % due to sprawl of economic sites and infrastructure;
• 17 % was due to farmland abandonment leading to natural afforestation.
