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  Livestock's Long Shadow

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  22.08.09

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  21.10.09

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  The assessment was 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 report states that the livestock sector is 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.

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  Food Matters

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  26.12.09

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  26.12.09

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  Working with Defra, the Department of Health, the Food Standards Agency and other departments, the Strategy Unit was asked to undertake a study of food and food policy in the UK.
  
  The project examined current and emerging trends in the production and consumption of food, the key drivers of those trends and the implications for the wider economy, society and the environment. It looked at the opportunities and challenges facing the food system, including issues such as diet's contribution to public health, food safety, changing consumer tastes and preferences, and environmental sustainability.

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  Reactive Organic Gas Emissions from Livestock Feed Contribute Significantly to Ozone Production

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  06.05.10

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  06.05.10

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  The San Joaquin Valley (SJV) in California currently experiences some of the highest surface ozone (O₃) concentrations in the United States even though it has a population density that is an order of magnitude lower than many urban areas with similar ozone problems. Previously unrecognized agricultural emissions may explain why O₃ concentrations in the SJV have not responded to traditional emissions control programs. In the present study, the ozone formation potentials (OFP) of livestock feed emissions were measured on representative field samples using a transportable smog chamber.

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  Environmental Impacts of Consumption and Production

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  03.06.10

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  03.06.10

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  This report focuses not on the effects of environmental pressure, but on its causes. It describes pressures as resulting from economic activities. These activities are pursued for a purpose, to satisfy consumption. The relative importance of industries, consumption categories and materials varies across the world, as our assessment shows. This assessment offers a detailed problem description and analysis of the causation of environmental pressures and hence provides knowledge required for reducing environmental impacts. It tells you where improvements are necessary, but it does not tell you what changes are required and how much they will contribute to improvements.

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