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The Livestock Footprint

We don't have one planet for humans and another for other species. If we wish to avoid pandemics from zoonoses, such as COVID-19 and other types of influenza, we must address direct and indirect…

From  SDG Academy 4 plays

Sustainable Livestock Systems

This chapter discusses the issues surrounding livestock production. Livestock is produced for high-value protein, but the justification of intense production of livestock on the grounds of carbon…

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Case Study: Livestock

This chapter discusses three areas of the livestock sector: the importance of the sector, the rich diversity within livestock, and some of the challenges facing the sector. Livestock products are…

From  SDG Academy 39 plays

The Savanna Grasslands

This chapter provides an overview of grasslands. They are highly vulnerable to development pressures; in the United States, this is the prairie biome. Prairie soils are rich in nutrients and have…

From  SDG Academy 7 plays