Defining a land boundary for sustainable livestock consumption

Global Change Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 4185-4194

  Van Zanten, Hannah H E ^a   Herrero, Mario ^b   Van Hal, Ollie ^a   Röös, Elin ^c   Muller, Adrian ^d,e   Garnett, Tara ^f   Gerber, Pierre J ^a,g   Schader, Christian ^d   De Boer, Imke J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

animal source food; greenhouse gas emissions; land boundary; land use; leftovers; livestock; recycling biomass; sustainable consumption; sustainable development goals

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOOD SUPPLY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK; NUTRITION; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; ASIA;

ANIMALIA;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINE; CATERING SERVICE; DIET; LIVESTOCK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; FOOD SUPPLY; LIVESTOCK;

EID: 85051467640     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14321     Document Type: Review

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