Figure 7.10

Figure 7.10 | Trends in average global and regional land area under specific land uses (FAO 2021b), inorganic nitrogen fertiliser use (FAO 2021e) (top) and number of livestock (FAO 2021c) (bottom) for three decades. For land use classification ‘cropland’ represents the FAOSTAT category ‘arable land’ which includes land under temporary crops, meadow, pasture and fallow. ‘Forest’ and ‘permanent meadow and pasture’ follow FAOSTAT categories.