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The ‘Sustainability Gap’ of US Broiler Chicken Production: Trade-offs Between Welfare, Land Use and Consumption
The authors calculated the land use and demographics of the chickens that would be required if the United States continued to consume 20 million metric tons of chicken meat annually, but switched to slower growing breeds with outdoor or pasture management.
More DetailsOregon Bill Relating to Water Quality Permits for Confined Animal Feeding Operations
Senate Bill 85 aims to strengthen environmental protections in Oregon, primarily by imposing stricter regulations on water quality permits for confined animal feeding operations, and addressing various environmental management aspects.
More DetailsEuropean Union Overfishing Regulation
This document, commonly known as the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), opens by outlining the impacts of fishing and the preceding treaties and legislative agreements that motivated its creation.
More DetailsIslamabad Nature Conservation and Wildlife Management Act, 2023
This bill is meant to establish measures to protect, preserve, conserve and manage nature in the Islamabad Capital Territory
More DetailsAgricultural Management and Climatic Change are the Major Drivers of Biodiversity Change in the UK
This study reviewing the drivers of population change over 400 species and three taxonomic groups in the United Kingdom (U.K.) finds that intensive agricultural management (e.g. livestock grazing) and climate change are the strongest contributors to population changes, whether those impacts be negative or positive.
More DetailsUnderestimates of US Emissions and Global Implications for Industrializing Animal Agriculture (A guidance memo for the Tiny Beam Fund)
This paper finds that “bottom up” estimates of emissions, as done by current climate models (e.g. survey-based, tallies), coming from animal agriculture are likely underestimated when checked against “top-down” models (i.e., those which use atmospheric estimates).
More DetailsFacilitating Biodiversity Conservation Through Partnerships to Achieve Transformative Outcomes
This study compares seven case studies of conservation collaboration, and examines the success of each one.
More DetailsMultispecies entanglements in the virosphere: Rethinking the Anthropocene in light of the 2019 coronavirus outbreak
The authors use a textual analysis approach to assess sources examining coronaviruses and live animal markets in China to reevaluate the 2019 outbreak of SARS-CoV-2.
More DetailsSlaughterhouse Workers, Animals, and the Environment: The Need for a Rights-centered Regulatory Framework in the United States that Recognizes Interconnected Interests
Using the paired impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the slaughter line acceleration, the authors highlight the inadequacies of current regulatory system standards in the United States. The authors suggest a need to recognize how the rights and health of animals, humans, and the environment are interconnected through the implementation of a One Health approach.
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