English: Map of the world vegetation zones/land use zones. The map was made based on http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_forest_cover_then_and_now.png The deserts were drawn based on http://media.mcclatchydc.com/smedia/2008/12/19/16/466-E_World_desert.large.prod_affiliate.91.jpg (extremely arid zones) and map page 119 of Wolters Algemene Wereldatlas 1996 The latter was used to complete the missing deserts (Kizilkum, Karakum, Great Salt desert, Lut, Thar desert, Syrian-Nefud desert-Dahnd, Rub al Khali, Great erg-Sahara-Libyan desert, Namib, Great sand desert-Great Victoria desert, Simpson desert, Atacama, Mojave desert-Gila desert The grasslands were drawn based on http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/images/grassland_map_big2_jpg_image.html , http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/grassland-map/ , http://www.sciencebuzz.org/blog/feeding-world-one-billion-time

http://fullspectrumbiology.blogspot.com/2012/04/demise-of-conventional-agriculture.html

http://www.grida.no/graphicslib/detail/agriculture-land-use-distribution-croplands-and-pasture-land_a0ab# This map is to be used as a baseline for determining appropriate animals (animals native to the area) that allow the conversion of grass to protein. The project's results will be published at Appropedia.