One reason growth is good: Rich societies pay for reforestation.https://twitter.com/mattwridley/status/1171871783894560769 …
The precise reason is that, as societies get richer, it's not worth keeping marginal land in cultivation. I suspect that if it weren't for farm subsidies, a lot more UK land would have reverted to woodland than has already.
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Doesn't that just mean that other land in poorer countries, like the rainforest, will be used for agriculture?
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I think the calculation is based on absolute rather than relative wealth. So if the people in the poorer countries become rich enough, the answer is no.
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