The loss of prime agricultural land near cities due to urban sprawl is bemoaned the world over as a modern blight.
But a solution may be at hand, for which Toronto should be recognized as a world leader: greenbelts, or farmland and environmentally sensitive land that has been officially made off limits to developers.
A study being released today says the zone of protected land around Toronto is not only one of the largest greenbelts in the world, but is also superior to ones in North America and Europe.
Download the study from the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy.
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