greeny
Oct 26th, 2009, 09:26 PM
Here are the two reports that cite research from respected medical journals and authoritative international bodies and include data and the undisputed detrimental impact of livestock production on climate change and health. I have sent them to my MP(member of parliament), and received encouraging response from him, so I am thinking you may find it is informative and convincing, and would like to share with people around you. Thank you.
http://www.planetdiet.org/pdf/CLIMATE_CHANGE-SUSTAINABLE_DIET-HEALTH-The_Connection_and_the_Solution-Gov_opt.pdf
http://www.worldwatch.org/files/pdf/Livestock%20and%20Climate%20Change.pdf
An introduction on the second report:
http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6294
Livestock and Climate Change
by Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang
Livestock and Climate Change: What if the key actors in climate change are...cows, pigs, and chickens?
The environmental impact of the lifecycle and supply chain of animals raised for food has been vastly underestimated, and in fact accounts for at least half of all human-caused greenhouse gases (GHGs), according to Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang, co-authors of "Livestock and Climate Change". (http://www.worldwatch.org/files/pdf/Livestock%20and%20Climate%20Change.pdf)
A widely cited 2006 report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Livestock's Long Shadow, estimates that 18 percent of annual worldwide GHG emissions are attributable to cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, camels, pigs, and poultry. But recent analysis by Goodland and Anhang finds that livestock and their byproducts actually account for at least 32.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year, or 51 percent of annual worldwide GHG emissions.
Read "Livestock and Climate Change," World Watch Magazine [FREE PDF] (http://www.worldwatch.org/files/pdf/Livestock%20and%20Climate%20Change.pdf)
http://www.planetdiet.org/pdf/CLIMATE_CHANGE-SUSTAINABLE_DIET-HEALTH-The_Connection_and_the_Solution-Gov_opt.pdf
http://www.worldwatch.org/files/pdf/Livestock%20and%20Climate%20Change.pdf
An introduction on the second report:
http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6294
Livestock and Climate Change
by Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang
Livestock and Climate Change: What if the key actors in climate change are...cows, pigs, and chickens?
The environmental impact of the lifecycle and supply chain of animals raised for food has been vastly underestimated, and in fact accounts for at least half of all human-caused greenhouse gases (GHGs), according to Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang, co-authors of "Livestock and Climate Change". (http://www.worldwatch.org/files/pdf/Livestock%20and%20Climate%20Change.pdf)
A widely cited 2006 report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Livestock's Long Shadow, estimates that 18 percent of annual worldwide GHG emissions are attributable to cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, camels, pigs, and poultry. But recent analysis by Goodland and Anhang finds that livestock and their byproducts actually account for at least 32.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year, or 51 percent of annual worldwide GHG emissions.
Read "Livestock and Climate Change," World Watch Magazine [FREE PDF] (http://www.worldwatch.org/files/pdf/Livestock%20and%20Climate%20Change.pdf)