Meat eaters are destroying the planet says report

[Alii]

The world is consuming more animal protein than it needs and this is having a devastating effect on wildlife,' says WWF


Meat consumption is devastating some of the world’s most valuable and vulnerable regions, due to the vast amount of land needed to produce animal feed, a report has warned.

The growing popularity of a Western diet, which contains high levels of meat and dairy, means an area 1.5 times the size of the European Union would be saved if global consumption of animal products was reduced to meet nutritional requirements, according to the WWF.

The new report, Appetite for Destruction, launched at the Extinction and Livestock Conference, says the consumption of animal products is leading to a vast and increasing amount of land being used for crops.

This is threatening areas including the Amazon, Congo Basin and the Himalayas, where water and land resources are already under significant pressure, the report warned.

Excessive animal product consumption is responsible for 60 per cent of all biodiversity loss, according to WWF, with the UK food industry alone directly linked to the extinction of an estimated 33 species.

“The world is consuming more animal protein than it needs and this is having a devastating effect on wildlife,” Duncan Williamson, WWF food policy manager said in a statement.

A staggering 60 per cent of global biodiversity loss is down to the food we eat. We know a lot of people are aware that a meat-based diet has an impact on water and land, as well as causing greenhouse gas emissions, but few know the biggest issue of all comes from the crop-based feed the animals eat.”

Soy is produced in such large quantities that in 2010, the British livestock industry needed an area the size of Yorkshire to produce soy used for animal feed, the report said. To keep up with rising meat consumption, soy production is expected to rise 80 per cent by 2050.

If everyone on the planet reduced their animal product consumption to meet nutritional requirements, the total agricultural land required would decline by 13 per cent, resulting in nearly 650 million hectares being saved from agricultural production

Read more:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/sc...071.html%3famp

[Papastratosels26]

The humans consume meat since the beggining of history the planet till now is ok....

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[KMack]

Soylent green is people.

[Norb]

The world is consuming more animal protein than it needs and this is having a devastating effect on wildlife,' says WWF


Meat consumption is devastating some of the world’s most valuable and vulnerable regions, due to the vast amount of land needed to produce animal feed, a report has warned.

The growing popularity of a Western diet, which contains high levels of meat and dairy, means an area 1.5 times the size of the European Union would be saved if global consumption of animal products was reduced to meet nutritional requirements, according to the WWF.

The new report, Appetite for Destruction, launched at the Extinction and Livestock Conference, says the consumption of animal products is leading to a vast and increasing amount of land being used for crops.

This is threatening areas including the Amazon, Congo Basin and the Himalayas, where water and land resources are already under significant pressure, the report warned.

Excessive animal product consumption is responsible for 60 per cent of all biodiversity loss, according to WWF, with the UK food industry alone directly linked to the extinction of an estimated 33 species.

“The world is consuming more animal protein than it needs and this is having a devastating effect on wildlife,” Duncan Williamson, WWF food policy manager said in a statement.

A staggering 60 per cent of global biodiversity loss is down to the food we eat. We know a lot of people are aware that a meat-based diet has an impact on water and land, as well as causing greenhouse gas emissions, but few know the biggest issue of all comes from the crop-based feed the animals eat.”

Soy is produced in such large quantities that in 2010, the British livestock industry needed an area the size of Yorkshire to produce soy used for animal feed, the report said. To keep up with rising meat consumption, soy production is expected to rise 80 per cent by 2050.

If everyone on the planet reduced their animal product consumption to meet nutritional requirements, the total agricultural land required would decline by 13 per cent, resulting in nearly 650 million hectares being saved from agricultural production

Read more:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/sc...071.html%3famp

the world is eating far too much for the needs of the individual, this causes humans to become fat and is a breeding ground for illness, people do not care about the quality of the meat that they are eating, if the animal is not living the life it should be (free roaming, grass fed and not pumped with all kinds of things) then you are eating a sick animal. Sick animal = sick Human

[DarkWater]

True

[Óttar]

The humans consume meat since the beggining of history the planet till now is ok....

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Now is not the beginning of history.

[Norb]

always choose certified Organic and grass fed meats, yes it might be a little more expensive but you dont need as much so it works out roughly the same

[Teutone]

need another steak after reading this you low protein manlets

[Norb]

need another steak after reading this you low protein manlets

as long as it's not commercially raised and is Organic (BIO in Germany) and grass fed!

[Livin]

Fucking liberal-left wing faggots....