Wow, this is a great post @rieki, when we think about the hugely inefficient use of land and the wasted resources in raising and slaughtering tens of billions of land animals per year it is in no way sustainable for the population figures you are suggesting.

Really interesting thought on reverse desertification too. This would indeed release huge swathes of land for human or animal habitats too. I would love to have a piece of land like you describe in order to become self sustainable too. I believe that we are pushed into todays model of living to sustain a corporate structure, we believe that it is the only way we can survive. But articles like this and the information contained within show a different way of doing things.

Delighted to have found your profile too BTW, you have a new follower. I would upvote this but its so old at this stage its no good to you.