The importance of opposing viewpoints -- Introduction -- How do different kinds of land use affect the environment differently? Land use changes have economic, social, and environmental impacts / JunJie Wu ; Interactions between society and the environment require aggressive responses / Radoslava Kanianska ; Urbanization is an environmental force to be reckoned with / Barbara Boyle Torrey ; Regenerative agriculture can make farmers stewards of the land again / Stephanie Anderson -- Does the negative impact of development on the environment outweigh its benefits? International investments in agriculture can negatively affect local populations / Pablo Pacheco ; Sustainable agriculture can actually restore the environment / Greentumble ; Natural resources have tremendous potential to accelerate economic development / Help Save Nature ; Human impact on the land can be studied and adjusted / Science Daily -- Is environmental impact an inevitable side effect of land use and development? Climate adaptation considerations are playing an increasingly large role in land decisions / Daniel G. Brown and Colin Polsky ; Mining's impacts on the environment have been damaging / American Geosciences Institute ; Sustainable agriculture can meet society's needs today without compromising society's needs of the future / Gail Feenstra, Chuck Ingels, and David Campbell ; Humans have destroyed a tenth of Earth's wilderness in twenty-five years / Adam Vaughan -- Why is it immportant to consider the effects of land development and use on the environment? Technology can help us save the planet / Marco Lambertini ; A business as usual model for the furture is not sustainable / United Nations ; There is not an infinite supply of land to convert for a growing population / Leighton Walker Kille ; Land users are positive about long-term benefits of sustainable practices / Markus Giger -- For further discussion -- Organizations to contact.