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Symposium: Mitigating green house gas emissions from animal production: A policy agenda

Asunción - Paraguay, 06 May 2009 - 07 May 2009

In conjunction with the 22nd Session of the FAO Intergovernmental Group on Meat and Dairy Products a symposium on ''Mitigating green house gas emissions from animal production: A policy agenda'' was held to provide experts and policy makers the opportunity to discuss important issues affecting the international meat and dairy industries.

Presentations

La Ganaderia en Paraguay - Armin Hamman
Agriculture and the climate change negotiations: an FAO perspective - Wendy Mann
Livestock sector trends and greenhouse gases emissions - Pierre Gerber
GHG emissions from animal Food Chains - Theun Vellinga
Scientific bases for definition of policies regarding greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – the case of the Paraguayan livestock sector - Sainz
Policy measures for mitigation and adaptation: pasture management in dry and cold environments - Richard Connant
Mainstreaming Silvopastoral Systems for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Humid and Sub-Humid Tropics: Policy Measures - Muhammad Ibrahim
Methane emissions from livestock policy issues and analysis - Nigal Key
Agriculture and the Carbon Market - Nussaumber
Greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production in Canada: Policy Issues - Richard Tudor Price
China GHG emission from livestock production and its mitigation strategy - Hongmin Dong
Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from animal production - Kinsella
Livestock and climate change policy in New Zealand - Hayden Montgomery
New Zealand carbon footprint strategy for the land-based primary sectors - Alison Watson
The dairy sector proposals with respect to climate change and mitigation of GHG emission from animal production - Christian Robert
Issues discussed in the meeting on Greenhouse gas effects in Brazilian livestock sustainability - Guedes

Documents

Synthesis
Proceedings of symposium
List of participants