Livestock's Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options - Brossura

Steinfield, Henning; Gerber, Pierre; Wassenaar, Tom; Castel, Vincent; Rosales, Mauricio

Brossura

ISBN 10: 9251055718 ISBN 13: 9789251055717

Casa editrice: Food & Agriculture Org, 2007

Riassunto

This report aims to assess the full impact of the livestock sector on environmental problems, along with potential technical and policy approaches to mitigation. The assessment is based on the most recent and complete data available, taking into account direct impacts, along with the impacts of feed crop agriculture required for livestock production. The livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global. The findings of this report suggest that it should be a major policy focus when dealing with problems of land degradation, climate change and air pollution, water shortage and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity. Livestock's contribution to environmental problems is on a massive scale and its potential contribution to their solution is equally large. The impact is so significant that it needs to be addressed with urgency. Major reductions in impact could be achieved at reasonable cost. Also published in Spanish.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Food & Agriculture Org
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 9251055718
• ISBN 13: 9789251055717
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 390
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile