Livestock is a major threat to environment
I find it interesting that you don't hear anything about this in most of the main stream media. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.
This is an issue that the Environmental movement should be on top of but mostly it’s the Animal Rights groups that have been addressing it. Do you think it could be because most Environmentalists are meat eaters?
Livestock is a major threat to environment
A new report published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says the the livestock sector is a major threat to environment as it generates more greenhouse gas emissions as measured in CO2 equivalent – 18 percent – than transport. Just as it is also a major source of land and water degradation.
Says Henning Steinfeld, Chief of FAO’s Livestock Information and Policy Branch and senior author of the report: “Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental problems. Urgent action is required to remedy the situation.”
Read the entire article online at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/business/december06/01122006/b401122006.html
