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It compares the scale of consumption to the farming of cattle, sheep and chickens, and summarizes WHO projections for 2030. The piece highlights geographic over-consumption relative to the world average and discusses environmental footprint impacts, while also pointing to prospects for change through reduced waste. 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That weight is rising rapidly as our numbers are still growing and weare getting heavier. Back in 2011 each of us weighed, on average, just under eight stone. Around two billion of us were children then, and there were more people underweight than overweight worldwide. Since then, the number that are overweight has risen dramatically. The proportion of the population who are children has been  \nfalling, as fertility itself has fallen. Peak baby was in 1990, but the human population continues to rise because of ageing. Most of the growth inhuman population predicted in the next few decades will beas a result of that ageing.  \nThe heaviest animals on the planet are the ones we farm for their meat. This includes some 1.4 billion cattle that weigh 520 million tonnes at anyone time. After that there are the 1.1 billion sheep making up 65 million tonnes in total planetary sheep weight.  \nThen there are the 18.6 billion chickens weighing 40 million tonnes worldwide, being by far the most populous birds on the planet today. If we ignore fish in the oceansand insects, then the vast majority of animal life on Earth by weight is either us, or what we farm to eat. We have taken over the planet.  \nWe know that collectively the amount weare eating, farming and killing, is increasing rapidly –but we sometimes make the mistake of assuming that this is widespread. It isnot. Recent projections by the World Health Organization (WHO) predict that on average each person will consume 45kg of meat per year in 2030, up from 36kg atthe end of the 1990s. But thereis a huge regional variation in meat consumption patterns. The above cartogram shows the excess meat consumption today by visualising how much more is consumed in each country in  \ntotal compared to the current global average level of consumption (the smaller map shows the same data without the resizing). Only those countries that consume above average amounts appear in this map, while those below the global average disappear, highlighting where over-consumption of meat is worst intoday’s world.  \nThe WHO predicts that if these trends continue and meat consumption continues to rise, not only will developing countries increase their per capita consumption from 26kg atthe end of the 1990sto 37kg per year in 2030, but also the wealthy parts of the world will continue to increase their meat intake from 88kg to 100kg, addingto the current over-consumption and all the related effects on the environmental footprint that meat production contains (see this month’s Dossier on page 36 for more on this).  \nHowever, thereis reason for hope that these inequalities will eventually disappear. The current amount of meat we waste means that change is possible without humankind becoming a species of vegetarians.  \nBenjamin Hennig (@geoviewson Twitter) is a senior research fellow in the School of Geography and the Environment atthe University of Oxford. He is involved in the Worldmapper project and maintains the visualisation [blog](blog www.viewsoftheworld.net)[ www.viewsoftheworld.net](blog www.viewsoftheworld.net).  \nW O R l d W A t c h  \nS P E C I E S  \nFROG  \nRESPAWN  \nA tree frog thought to have been extinct for 140 years has been rediscovered in the jungles of northeast India  \nLast seen in the wild in 1870, Frankixalus jerdoniii, a golf-ball sized amphibian, was believed extinct until rediscovered by biologist Dr SathyabhamaDas Biju, affectionately nicknamed‘the frogman of India’.‘It was late in the evening immediately after some sporadic rain showers,’recalls Biju.‘From high up in the canopy we heard some distinct frog calls. Atthe time we didn’t know what species we were looking at.’  \nThejerdonii genus demonstrates some unusual characteristics:‘It’s unique because itspawns into water-filled tree holes in the canopy,’says Biju. Accordin","cbCailPYnC1Ynnam","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailPYnC1Ynnam","pdf",850456,"English","# Cartogram: Meat Eaters\n## Global population growth and weight changes\n## Livestock and human meat intake\n## WHO projections for 2030\n## Regional variation and over-consumption\n## Meat waste and prospects for change\n# Worldwatch: Species Frog Respawn\n## Rediscovery of Frankixalus jerdonii\n## Unique reproduction and parental care\n## Conservation concerns for amphibians","[{\"question\":\"Why is the rediscovery of Frankixalus jerdonii significant?\",\"answer\":\"It demonstrates that species presumed extinct can reappear, and it underscores habitat-protection needs; the frog’s unusual breeding strategy and parental care add scientific value.\"}]","Cartogram - Meat Eaters | PDF"]