In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year  36 .
According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a  37   one. The world will be more  38  because the population will continue to grow . The population could be  39  6 300 million, almost 2 115 million more than in 1985 .More people would move into cities, especially cities in  40  countries . Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would  41  have 15 million by then .
Food production will  42  , but not enough to feed all the people . Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985,  43  most of the increase would be in countries that
 44  produce enough food for their people . Little increase is  45  in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East . Poor farming ways are 46  large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts . More farmland is  47  as cities become larger and more houses are built . 48  will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil .Many of the world’s  49  could disappear as more and more trees are cut down . Energy will continue to be a serious problem . The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010  50  . They only carried out the situation that  51  today . By changing the situation, by  52  the problems, the picture can be changed . There is  53  time for the nations of the world to work  54  a plan of action . But they warned that  55  too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success .

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