Measuring livestock’s environmental impacts

A new FAO-led partnership is looking to improve how the environmental impacts of the livestock industry are measured and assessed, a necessary first step in improving the sustainability of this important food production sector. Common indicators and guidelines for environmental assessments will lead to shared understanding of livestock’s environmental impact - and better policymaking. [...]

PUBLICATIONS	HIGHLIGHTs
Livestock and climate change in the Near East Region – Measures to adapt to and mitigate climate change	More than 100 nations support new strategy on livestock disease. Farmers and consumers stand to benefit from a new global strategy to control the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). The plan was endorsed in Bangkok by representatives of more than 100 countries and international donors at a conference organized by FAO and OIE. [...]
The Global Foot and Mouth Disease Control Strategy
EMPRES Transboundary Animal Diseases Bulletin 40