Belgium Needs Major Agricultural Reform to Achieve Two Thousand Fifty Carbon Target

Belgium must transform agriculture to reach carbon neutrality by two thousand fifty. Researchers emphasize cutting emissions, reforestation, and substantial land management policy shifts nationwide.

Current natural carbon sinks like forests and permanent grasslands face serious capacity decline.

Urbanization and converting grasslands to arable lands are further weakening carbon absorption. Six times decline in natural ecosystems' capacity reported since the year nineteen ninety.

Three land use scenarios compared: current trends, planned policy, and radical transformation approaches. Only the radical scenario with livestock reduction and reforestation can meet carbon goals.