It takes one hectare of land to provide everything one person needs. That's with all our food and all the goods we use made with plants, not animals and polluting petroleum. Petroleum products use less land in the short-term but considering the pollution it's not sustainable in the long-term and animal agriculture uses more land. Half-Earth without polluting petroleum is only possible by ending animal agriculture or by massively reducing our population.

"The Half-Earth Project is a call to protect half the land and sea in order to manage sufficient habitat to reverse the species extinction crisis and ensure the long-term health of our planet".

​This is how many people that can live sustainably per square kilometre depending on latitude. There are also other local variables like the terrain, altitude, climate and ocean currents that need to be considered.

Converting the 50-60 million square kilometres of land that is currently in use into sustainable communities would sustain 5-6 billion people. Making marginal land arable with water catchments 7 billion people is sustainable. And with reforesting the grasslands and deserts 10 billion people is possible.

​Once we secure the future our population will find its balance. Overpopulation is caused by fear. Fear of the future and fear of the other. Any attempt at population control will inevitably backfire.

This work is based on public domain data.