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<Return to Earth Home Land Useage of the World Cropland: Land used for temporary and permanent crops. Permanent crops include cocoa, coffee, fruit, rubber and vines crops. It does not include tree crops for timber and wood products. Pasture: Permanent pasture includes lands used for five or more years for foraging, including wildland, grassland, natural and cultivated crops. Grasslands not used for pasture falls under the "other" category. Forest: Land under natural forests or planted stands of trees. Also includes logged areas to be replanted in the near future, after logging. Other: Uncultivated land, grasslands not used for pasture, developed areas, roads, wetlands and wastelands.
SOURCE: WRI 1996-97 |
