Human Impacts on the Planet are Severe but Slowing Down
      
        
      
      
        ConservationBill Lauranceglobal human footprint, agriculture, cities, population growth, food production, farming efficiency, yield gaps, land-use planning, deforestation, biodiversity, climate change, Oscar Venter, Bill Laurance, James Watson, roads, infrastructure, urban area, economic growth, developing nations, consumption, wilderness
       
      
    
  
    
      
      Study: Global urban footprint will triple by 2030
      
        
      
      
        Bill LauranceKaren Seto, urban expansion, habitat loss, urban sprawl, overpopulation, biodiversity hotspots, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, population growth, urban area, Eastern Afromontane hotspot, Guinean Forests of West Africa hotspot, Western Ghats, Sri Lanka, urbanization, China, Turkey, Mexico