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How Black North Carolinians Pay the Price for the World’s Cheap Bacon
This article calls attention to the environmental racism perpetuated by industrial animal agriculture and how rural, disadvantaged residents living near these sites disproportionately face undue burdens resulting from the mass production of cheap animal foods.
More DetailsGlobal Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Animal-Based Foods are Twice Those of Plant-Based Foods
GHG emissions resulting from animal food products constituted 57% of total global food system GHG emissions, nearly double the 29% attributed to plant-based food products.
More DetailsNationwide Shift to Grass-Fed Beef Requires Larger Cattle Population
In order to sustain the current demand for cattle, a 67% increase in cattle on grass-finishing lots and more pasture land would be needed to support a switch to purely grass-fed beef.
More DetailsEntangled, Unraveled, and Reconfigured: Human–Animal Relations Among Ethnic Minority Farmers and Water Buffalo in the Northern Uplands of Vietnam
Through an in-depth ethnographic fieldwork with ethnic minority farmers, limited to the Sa Pa District in northern Vietnam, the authors suggest a new perspective to understand the changing interspecies relationship of farmers with water buffalo.
More DetailsUnderstanding and Minimizing Environmental Impacts of the Belt and Road Initiative
This study predicts that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an infrastructure spanning 72 countries in Eurasia, Asia, and Africa, will affect wildlife greatly. Specifically, birds will be the most affected by railways while the diversity of mammals will be most impacted in Cambodia and Vietnam.
More DetailsSilvopastoral Systems and Remnant Forests Enhance Carbon Storage in Livestock-Dominated Landscapes in Mexico
This study investigated the carbon storage of agricultural land with different land uses in Mexico. The study found that tree species richness and living tree biomass stocks were highest in primary forests, and lowest in open pasture land and fodder banks.
More DetailsLemurs in a Dying Forest: Factors Influencing Lemur Diversity and Distribution in Forest Remnants of North-Eastern Madagascar
Using multiple investigation methods, the authors examined lemur populations in rural areas of a lowland rainforest in north-eastern Madagascar. They found relatively small populations of five lemur families, representing eight species.
More DetailsA Relational Network Vulnerability Assessment of the North Carolina Hog Industry
The authors use an actor-network theory and a framework from the vulnerability literature to examine the vulnerability of North Carolina’s “hog industry” to foot-and-mouth disease.
More DetailsBoosting Freshwater Fish Conservation with High-Resolution Distribution Mapping Across a Large Territory
The authors created a high-resolution drainage map to examine biodiversity patterns for all Chinese freshwater fish (more than 1600 species). They found relationships between the spatial distribution of various biodiversity characteristics (e.g., species richness).
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