{"id":10013,"date":"2024-12-16T11:35:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/landscape\/?p=10013"},"modified":"2024-12-16T11:35:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:35:57","slug":"thirty-six-million-acre-balancing-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/landscape\/thirty-six-million-acre-balancing-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirty-Six-Million-Acre Balancing Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By <strong>Charles Boisseau<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Long ago, Mark Twain supposedly said, \u201cBuy land, they\u2019re not making it anymore.\u201d The witticism seems ever more apt today, particularly in Florida, where the state\u2019s strong population growth and competition for land is drawing increased attention from academics, public officials and landowners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers at the University of Florida\u2019s Center for Landscape Conservation Planning inventoried Florida\u2019s land and forecast how its use may change over two separate time periods \u2014 by 2040 and by 2070. The research suggests that if population and development trends continue Florida could lose 400,000 acres of agricultural lands by 2040 and 2 million acres by 2070.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-buttons uagb-buttons__outer-wrap uagb-btn__default-btn uagb-btn-tablet__default-btn uagb-btn-mobile__default-btn uagb-block-548a9705\"><div class=\"uagb-buttons__wrap uagb-buttons-layout-wrap \">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-buttons-child uagb-buttons__outer-wrap uagb-block-e25df037 wp-block-button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__wrapper\"><a class=\"uagb-buttons-repeater wp-block-button__link\" aria-label=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/warrington.ufl.edu\/due-diligence\/2024\/11\/18\/thirty-six-million-acre-balancing-act\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__link\">Read More<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Charles Boisseau Long ago, Mark Twain supposedly said, \u201cBuy land, they\u2019re not making it anymore.\u201d The witticism seems ever more apt today, particularly in Florida, where the state\u2019s strong population growth and competition for land is drawing increased attention from academics, public officials and landowners. 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