Reducing the environmental impact of global diets

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 610-611, Issue , 2018, Pages 1207-1209

  Swain, Marian ^a   Blomqvist, Linus ^a   McNamara, James ^a   Ripple, William J ^b  

^a Breakthrough Institute   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; GHG emissions; Global diets; Land use change; Livestock production

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AMAZONAS (BRAZIL); ANIMAL PRODUCT; BEEF; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HUMAN; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIVESTOCK; MEAT;

EID: 85027965773     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.125     Document Type: Note

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