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CurrenLly, 36 of Lhe world's surface sulLable for crop producuon ls used for agrlculLure (lAC, 2013) and lL
seems LhaL Lhls number ls only lncreaslng. 1hls oen leads Lo a clash beLween naLure conservauon and food
producuon, such as when ralnforesLs are desLroyed Lo grow crops for human or llvesLock consumpuon. Cn
one hand, lL could be sald LhaL feedlng Lhe planeL and pumng an end Lo world hunger ls our Lop prlorlLy
from an eLhlcal sLandpolnL. Cn Lhe oLher hand, lL ls quesuonable wheLher or noL converung naLure lnLo
agrlculLural land as we are dolng Loday ls absoluLely necessary. 1herefore, when food ls scarce, naLure
conservauon should noL be overlooked ln order Lo keep produclng enough food.

1here has been a reducuon ln global hunger Lhls lasL decade, and yeL Lhere are sull abouL 803 mllllon
people esumaLed Lo be chronlcally undernourlshed ln 2014 (lAC, 2014). As Lhe world populauon lncreases,
lL ls becomlng more and more dlmculL Lo provlde everyone wlLh sumclenL and nuLrluous food. Creaung
more arable land ls a fasL soluuon Lo susLaln undernourlshed people.

Powever, Lhough lL ls Lrue LhaL lL wlll be challenglng Lo end global undernourlshmenL, Lhere should ln
Lheory noL be a food shorLage. uue Lo deep rooLed problems such as Lhe WesLern pauern dleL and masslve
food wasLe, Lhe global food producuon can'L keep up wlLh Lhe global demand for food.

Moreover, Lhe problem wlLh desLroylng naLure Lo lncrease food producuon ls LhaL Lhe eecL ls lrreverslble
and Lhe resulLs are only Lemporary. 8alnforesLs LhaL have Laken Lhousands or mllllons of years Lo grow are
unlque ecosysLems and when Lhere are oLher opuons Lo end global hunger, lL becomes our moral obllgauon
Lo Lry and conserve naLure for ourselves and fuLure generauons. 3.000 square meLers of Amazon ralnforesL
were Lurned lnLo farmland ln 2013 (MlnlsLry of Sclence, 1echnology and lnnovauon, 8razll). lor now naLure
reserves mlghL seem abundanL, buL aL Lhls pace, Lhey could become rare ln Lhe near fuLure. lf people were,
for example, Lo sLop eaung meaL, Lhere would be 30 more land avallable Lo produce crops dlrecLly for
human consumpuon (lAC, 2006). 1hls alone could make a vasL dlerence for global food securlLy.

ln concluslon, lL ls of greaL lmporLance LhaL measures are belng Laken agalnsL global undernourlshmenL. 1hls
can be achleved by generaung more arable land from for example foresLs. 1hls however ls a huge wasLe of
preclous and lncreaslngly rare ecosysLems. locuslng on changlng our food sysLem wlll ellmlnaLe Lhe need Lo
Lurn more naLure reserves lnLo farmland.

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lAC (2014). 1he sLaLe of food lnsecurlLy ln Lhe world 2014. 8eLrleved from hup://www.fao.org/
publlcauons/so/en/
lAC (2013). World agrlculLure: Lowards 2030. 8eLrleved from hup://www.fao.org/docrep/003/y4232e/
y4232e03d.hLm#1opCfage
lAC (2006). LlvesLock a ma[or LhreaL Lo envlronmenL. 8eLrleved from hup://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/
news/2006/1000448/lndex.hLml
MlnlsLry of Sclence, 1echnology and lnnovauon, 8razll (2013). MonlLorlng Lhe 8razlllan Amazon foresL
saLelllLe. 8eLrleved from hup://www.obL.lnpe.br/prodes/lndex.php