Land use - Outlook 2020 (Sweden)

SOER 2010 Common environmental theme (Deprecated)

Topics: Land use

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Outlook. Links to further national information on land use.

Topic: Land

more info Organisation name Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Reporting country Sweden Organisation website Organisation website Contact link Contact link Last updated 23 Sep 2011 Content license CC By 2.5 Content provider

Published: 23 Oct 2010 Modified: 11 May 2020 Feed synced: 23 Sep 2011 original

Key message

The farmed land areas are decreasing.

d) What is the 2020 outlook (date flexible) for the topic in question and how will this affect possible impacts on the natural environment and human health/well-being?

Farmland decreases

The table on land area and animals shows projections for land areas and animals compared with actual statistics for the years 1990 and 2007. The table clearly shows how the farmed land areas are decreasing. This is a result of increased yields, fewer cattle and more effective use of feed.

Particularly notable is the reduction in grazing land, which was almost halved. To a certain extent, this is probably illusory. Between 1990 and 2007, cattle decreased and the yield from pastureland increased, but in spite of this, pasture acreage increased.

Extensive farming accounts for a significant share of the large amount of pasture acreage in 2007, and as regards emissions it is more like overgrown fallow fields.

In addition to the decrease in farmed acreage, the number of farm animals is also decreasing, according to the forecast, partly as a result of increased productivity but also due to reduced production.