Livestock and climate change

The Meat Crisis: Developing more Sustainable Production and Consumption

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 34-56

  Garnett, Tara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925708907     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849776561     Document Type: Chapter

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