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Environmental impacts of livestock in the developing world
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| Title |
Environmental impacts of livestock in the developing world
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| Creator |
Nicholson, Charles F.
Blake, R.W. Reid, Robin S. Schelhas, J. |
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| Subject |
environmental impacts
livestock developing countries production systems animal products cattle forests feed resources biodiversity environmental engineering |
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| Description |
This paper deals with the environmental impacts of livestock in the developing world. It discusses the complex role of livestock in developing countries, diversity of livestock production systems; health benefits from animal foods; livestock and the need for intensification; environmental impacts of livestock production; cattle and forest conversion in the Latin American tropics, impacts of livestock on biodiversity in sub-Saharan Africa; and livestock and greenhouse gas emission. The prinicples for assessing livestock systems in the developing world are outlined at the end of the paper.
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| Date |
2001-03
2013-07-03T05:25:42Z 2013-07-03T05:25:42Z |
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| Type |
Journal Article
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| Identifier |
Environment;43(2): 7-17
1032-4666 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/32888 https://doi.org/10.1080/00139150109605120 |
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| Language |
en
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| Rights |
Open Access
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| Format |
p. 7-17
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| Publisher |
Informa UK Limited
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| Source |
Environment
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