9 June 2008
“Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental problems. Urgent action is required to remedy the situation.”
--Henning Steinfeld, Chief of FAO’s Livestock Information and Policy Branch and senior author of the report titled above.
* SOURCE:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/index.html
* LEARN MORE:
Livestock a major threat to environment - FAO report listed above.
UN Report, “Livestock’s Long Shadow” (article summary and table of contents)
Articles about the Environment
Stop Farming Animals for Food