COPENHAGEN: Denmark will convert 15 per cent of its farmland into forest and natural habitats in an effort to reduce fertiliser usage, which has resulted in severe oxygen depletion in Danish waters as well as the loss of marine life, lawmakers said on Monday (Nov 18).
An aerial view taken on June 15, 2023 shows a farm of Lars Jonsson surrounded by drought-affected crop fields outside the town of Lynge, Denmark. COPENHAGEN: Denmark will convert 15 per cent of its farmland into forest and natural habitats in an effort to reduce fertiliser usage, which has resulted in severe oxygen depletion in Danish waters as well as the loss of marine life, lawmakers said on Monday .
Under the deal, which also makes Denmark the first country to impose a carbon tax on agriculture, the Nordic country plans to plant one billion trees on farmland over the following 20 years, according to the ministry for the Green Tripartite agreement. Reducing emissions from agriculture, Denmark's largest source of greenhouse gases, has been a major hurdle for lawmakers seeking to achieve a legally binding 2030 target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 70 per cent from 1990 levels.
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