> "nightjar" .me.uk> gurgled happily,
> sounding much like they were saying:
>

>> I've not included the 5900 tonnes resulting from land clearanace, as
>> that would apply whichever type of agriculture is to be put on it.

>
> Not necessarily, since it's perfectly possible for livestock to graze
> amongst trees etc. Or, if goat meat became more acceptable, on
> uncleared scrubland...
>
> OTOH, if you're planting crops, you definitely need to be clearing the
> land. It's much more prevalent, of course, amongst third-world
> countries wishing to develop global food export trade.