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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

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