Understanding how agriculture transforms the landscape around us and how that plays a key role in climate change, as it contributes to processes such as deforestation, land degradation, desertification, and erosion among others. The unit aims to teach students how these transformations occur and how dramatic they can be. It will also delve into the differences between intensive and extensive agriculture.

The Unit consists of three sections:

• The first section introduces to the concept of land use change, its relation to climate (deforestation, desertification…) and the consequences or impacts this land use change has on the surrounding landscapes and climate change.
• The second section focuses on analyzing and unveiling the consequences of agricultural expansion. The goal of this section is to raise awareness and create an understanding of the deep impact agriculture has on the landscape, soil, and climate change.
• The third section will be about reflecting on how we can actively contribute to reducing the agriculture footprint. Students learn about strategies and measures already identified and they discuss, which of them might be of importance in their home landscape.

Pupils will learn that:

• Agriculture transforms the landscape.
• To produce food, forests or other native landscapes disappear.

Land use change due to agriculture has a direct impact on ecosystem transformation and so CO2 caption by forests or other native landscapes. How agriculture shapes and transforms the landscape, from pre-existing forests or native landscapes to agricultural lands.