Food Wasted, Food Lost

By 2050 the world population is expected to increase by 2.6 billion

By restoring degraded agricultural land, the world can meet the food needs of more than a quarter of the anticipated growth in population

= 100 million people

Restoring ecosystems could feed 740 million people and cover the daily protein needs of additional 90 million people

Europe

Asia

North and Central America

High seas

People that could get their daily proteins ( sh) and calories (cereals) through restoration of ecosystems, by region

Africa

Million

255

South America

Oceania

Marine sh stock

50

10

Agricultural land

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.

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