Abstract

Global meat production is becoming increasingly industrialized, spatially concentrated, and geographically detached from the agricultural land base. This Policy Forum reviews the process of livestock industrialization and globalization, and its consequences for water, nitrogen, and species-rich habitats in meat- and feed-producing regions often vastly separated in space. It argues that pricing and other policy mechanisms which reflect social costs of resource use and ecological change are needed to re-couple livestock and land in producer countries, drawing on examples from Europe and the United States. It also argues that consumers can play an important role in setting a sustainable course.

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LivestockBusinessAgroforestryGeographyEnvironmental planningEnvironmental scienceForestry

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Year
2005
Type
article
Volume
310
Issue
5754
Pages
1621-1622
Citations
419
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Rosamond L. Naylor, H. Steinfeld, Walter P. Falcon et al. (2005). Losing the Links Between Livestock and Land. Science , 310 (5754) , 1621-1622. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1117856

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10.1126/science.1117856