Livestock & the Environment - Meeting the challenge


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Report of a Study sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the International Development Research Centre (Canada), the World Bank and the governments of Denmark, France, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States of America.

The Study was coordinated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United State Agency for International Development and the World Bank.

This booklet is based on a Study which was coordinated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United States Agency for International Development and the World Bank, and sponsored by:

Commission of the European Union
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
International Fund for Agricultural Development
International Development Research Centre (Canada)
World Bank,

and the governments of:

Denmark: International Development Agency
France: Ministère de la Coopération
Germany: BMZ, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation via GTZ, (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit)
Netherlands: Directorate General of International Cooperation
United Kingdom: Overseas Development Administration
United States: Environmental Protection Agency and the Agency for International Development

The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the donors and the collaborating institutes.

Cover photograph by J Van Acker, WFP, from an Egyptian tomb painting
Main picture (opposite) Pickstock/WRENmedia.

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Contents


Livestock & the environment

Some facts

Livestock on grazing lands

Livestock in crop land

Industrial livestock production

Wider considerations

Conclusions

What we will do...