FAO Report Creates a Stink Over Farm Animals

November 30, 2006

Farm animals are responsible for almost a fifth of the pollution blamed for global warming, a United Nations report said on Wednesday, warning that the livestock sector posed a growing environmental threat.

Gases from manure and flatulence, deforestation to make grazing land and the energy used in farming meant livestock produced 18 percent of the greenhouse gases that trapped heat in the atmosphere, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said.

In its report "Livestock's long shadow", the FAO said a projected doubling of global meat production to 465 million tonnes in 2050 and a similar rise in milk output would mean the the sector would have to address its effect on climate....

Source: FAO Report Creates a Stink Over Farm Animals
Author: FAO

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