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UK 'could run out land by 2030' as housing, food & energy compete for space
2014-06-25 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The UK could run out of land to meet its growing demands for food, housing, green energy and environmental protection by 2030, according to a Cambridge University-backed report. There could be a shortfall of as much as 6 million hectares of land -- three times the size of Wales - to meet the requirements of a series of policy aims as Britain's population grows, the study found. It warned there was a "worrying lack of clarity' from Government about how much agricultural land was expected to...
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