Showing posts with label ILOs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ILOs. Show all posts

Sunday, July 26, 2020

Livestock expansion is a factor in global pandemics

A new study looks at the growth of global livestock farming and the threat to biodiversity, and the health risks to both humans and domesticated animals.



















The growth of global livestock farming is a threat to our biodiversity and also increases the health risks to both humans and domesticated animals. The patterns that link them are at the heart of a study published in Biological Conservation by a scientist from the Institute of Evolution Sciences of Montpellier (ISEM -- CNRS/Université de Montpellier/IRD/EPHE) and the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development's (CIRAD) ASTRE laboratory.

I was an independent observer in the Greenpeace trial. What I saw was shocking

Steven Donziger The Guardian Greenpeace lost – not because it did something wrong but because it was denied a fair trial.  Details here.