Livestock & the Environment
Finding a Balance
Cover page
Preface
Introduction
A changing world
The role of livestock in this changing world
The implications for global natural resources
Chapter 1
The framework
Livestock production systems and the main environmental challenges
The changing importance of different production systems
The conceptual models: Driving Force-State-Response and Induced Innovation frameworks
Chapter 2
Livestock grazing systems and the environment
Environmental challenges
Grazing systems of the arid areas
Grazing systems in the semi-arid and sub-humid tropics
Grazing systems and tropical rainforests
Grazing systems in temperate zones
Conclusions
Chapter 3
Mixed farming systems and the environment
Environmental challenges
Mixed farming systems in the developing world: nutrient deficits
Mixed farming systems in the developed world: nutrient surpluses
Conclusions
Chapter 4
Industrial livestock systems and the environment
Environmental challenges
Conclusions
Chapter 5
Beyond production systems
Concentrate feed production
Domestic animal diversity
Livestock and greenhouse gases
Processing of livestock products
Chapter 6
Conclusions
From analysis to action
Driving forces
Response: Policy and technology options
Critical actions
The potential implications of these matters
Annexes
1 The Driving Force-State-Response model
2 Statistical tables
3 Environmental indicators in livestock production systems
List of abbreviations and acronyms
References
