Similarly, the area planted with transgenic crops in developing countries has grown from 1.3 million hectares to 14 million hectares over the last 6 years.

Even though India has more arable land than China 160.5 million hectares compared to 137.1 million hectares Tibet is the source of most major Indian rivers.

Contaminated land totalling 1.3 million hectares is currently used for agricultural production.

In the Vidharbha region of Maharashtra, which has the highest number of suicides, the area under Bt cotton has increased from 0.2 million hectares in 2004 to 2.88 million hectares in 2007.

Iraq also argues that Jordan does not have the physical capacity to implement the approximately 25 million hectares of preserves proposed to offset its losses since Jordan's total land area is only approximately 9 million hectares.

The total surface of land under cultivation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is 2.5 million hectares, or 50 per cent of the country's territory there is 0.7 hectares per capita.

The overall surface of agricultural land in Bosnia and Herzegovina is about 2.5 million hectares, i.e. about 50 per cent of the country's territory, or 0.7 hectares per capita.

Felling seven million hectares of trees each year, South America clears more forests than any other continent.

The Congo basin represents the second largest mass of tropical forest in the world, with 220 million hectares.

The project was designed around pastoral cooperatives involving 10,000 livestock owning families in a project area of 3.2 million hectares.

The deforestation rate in the 1990s was estimated at 14.6 million hectares per year since 5.2 million hectares were gained through afforestation and natural expansion of forests, the rate of net deforestation was 9.4 million hectares per year (see table).3 Most of the losses occur in the tropics, while in the non tropical regions forests are expanding either naturally (for example on large areas of abandoned agricultural land) or as a result of afforestation programmes.

Of that total, 3,374,328 hectares were forest concessions, 973,101 hectares were economic land concessions and 268,316 hectares were mining concessions.

Jordan uses habitat equivalency analysis ( HEA ) to determine that approximately 25 million hectares of additional reserves are needed for this purpose.

Ten million hectares of ancient forest are being cleared or destroyed every year. Please consider the environment before printing this e mail.

Reducing food waste could save more than 250 billion worldwide the equivalent of 65 million hectares of agricultural land use by 2030.

The report shows that since 2000, investors or state bodies in rich or emerging countries have bought more than 83 million hectares (more than 200 million acres) of agricultural land in poorer developing countries.

According to some estimates, Russia could increase its arable area by 10 million hectares, and its crop yields by 250 , thereby boosting grain exports dramatically.

FAO and the Governments of the affected countries mounted a major control operation, treating more than 12 million hectares of infested land to protect crops.

It is approximately 12,00 hectares.

Coca cultivation in the Andean region steadily decreased, from 221,000 hectares in 2000 to 153,800 hectares in 2003.

In 2011 there were about 9.6 million hectares planted with olive trees, which is more than twice the amount of land devoted to apples, bananas or mangoes.

Out of the total area of Bosnia and Herzegovina (5,113,000 hectares), forests and forest land account for 53 per cent (2,700,770 hectares or 0.71 hectares of forest and forest land per capita).

Of 5,400 hectares of farmland in Fukushima affected by the disaster, 690 hectares lie within the nuclear exclusion zone.

Since 2006, between 15 and 20 million hectares of farmland, the equivalent of the total arable surface of France, have been the subject of negotiations by foreign investors.

Forests had been planted over an area exceeding 100,000 hectares and nearly 500,000 hectares of natural forests were systematically protected.

In 2011, there were 4.5 million visitors, and by 2012 the park encompassed an area of 90 hectares, featuring eleven roller coasters, five themed hotels with a turnover of close to EUR 300 million and more than 3,000 employees.

As a result, cultivated land resources comprise a mere 5 per cent of the total land area, representing 22 million hectares of land, with very limited scope for expansion.

Kiribati was mentioned in the study, and Webb and Kench found that the three major urbanised islands in Kiribati Betio, Bairiki and Nanikai increased by 30 (36 hectares), 16.3 (5.8 hectares) and 12.5 (0.8 hectares), respectively.

Food supply has not collapsed (1.5 billion hectares of arable land are being used, but another 2.7 billion hectares are in reserve).

The report shows that since 2000, investors or state bodies in rich or emerging countries have bought more than 83 million hectares (more than 200 million acres) of agricultural land in poorer developing countries. This amounts to 1.7 of the world s agricultural land.

Unfortunately, there are only 13.4 billion hectares available.

Even though the Colombian government chemically eradicated 523,000 hectares of coca between 2000 and 2004, 114,000 hectares of coca remained under cultivation last year.

Their numbers show that each American uses 9.4 hectares of the globe, each European 4.7 hectares, and those in low income countries just one hectare.

Characteristics The park covers about 14 hectares (34.5 acres).

Adding it all up, we collectively use 17.5 billion hectares.

The Fund, by delivering financial and technical assistance to people and places that need it the most, has helped create more than nine million hectares of new protected areas a region larger than Portugal.

The scope of the phenomenon is enormous. Since 2006, between 15 and 20 million hectares of farmland, the equivalent of the total arable surface of France, have been the subject of negotiations by foreign investors.

In 2005 alone 9,500 hectares are undergoing reafforestation, and the aim is to achieve by 2007 the reafforestation of a total of 44,100 hectares in areas without forest cover.

In 1995 1996, the size of areas devoted to rapeseed growing for fuel reached 615,000 hectares, representing a large part of the 968,000 hectares devoted to non food crops.

In 2009 alone, the government eradicated more than 165,000 hectares of coca.

(Jordan) preparation of Permaculture pilot farm (4.8 hectares) establishing farming materials bank.

2003 Environmental Conservation Projects (Vietnam) maintaining, managing and expanding (from 0.5 hectares to 0.75 hectares) Permaculture farm constructing 95 composting toilets in the village of ethnic minority groups in the mountainous area.

And this particular place, the Medes Islands Marine Reserve, is only 94 hectares, and it brings 6 million euros to the local economy, 20 times more than fishing, and it represents 88 percent of all the tourist revenue.

At the beginning of 2007 there were 4,755,100 hectares of utilized agricultural area.

Depending on the requirements of crop rotation and location, the area for the cultivation of oilseed rape for biodiesel could be expanded to 1 million hectares, covering approximately 5 per cent of German diesel demand in the medium term.