United Nations Animal Agriculture Reports
Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Consumption and Production – Full – June 2010 (111 pg).
Livestock in the Balance (external link) – The State of the Food and Agriculture – UN FAO 2009 full report, graphics, presentation and more (180 pg).
Livestock’s Long Shadow – UN FAO 2006 full report of the global warming and other environmental consequences of animal agriculture (408 pg).
News Article on UN Report w/commentary by AWFW Founder Dawn Moncrief.
Worldwatch Institute
Response to “Livestock and greenhouse gas emissions: The importance of getting the numbers right” – The commentary by Herrero et al. (2011) consisted mainly of a review of an article that Goodland and Anhang co-authored in World Watch Magazine (2009). This response states that their commentary misstates some important facts, and in some areas risks misleading readers. For each such case, they provide a response.
A Fast and Cheap Way to Reduce Climate Disruption by 2017 While Preparing to Feed All in 2050 – “Global Ecological Integrity Group”; Chair: Professor Laura Westra International Conference, Univ. of British Columbia, Liu Center, Vancouver, B.C. 27 June – 3 July 2010 (11 pg).
Livestock and Climate Change published in World Watch Magazine November 2009, recalculates the FAO’s numbers from Livestock’s Long Shadow (2006), to demonstrate that livestock should be considered the #1 cause of GHGs (makes the case for increasing 18% figure (which is more than all transport combined) to 51%. – See World Watch Magazine’s Sources and Q&A section and Robert Goodland’s section below.
Happier Meals: Rethinking the Global Meat Industry – Worldwatch #171, 2005 (47 pg – $9.95).
Overfed and Underfed:The Global Epidemic of Malnutrition – Worldwatch #150, 2000 (35 pages – $9.95).
Taking Stock: Animal Farming and the Environment – Worldwatch #103 – 1991 (62 pages – $9.95).
Goodstuff a fact sheet from the Worldwatch Institute (1 pg).
Robert Goodland
Response to “Livestock and greenhouse gas emissions: The importance of getting the numbers right” – The commentary by Herrero et al. (2011) consisted mainly of a review of an article that Goodland and Anhang co-authored in World Watch Magazine (2009). This response states that their commentary misstates some important facts, and in some areas risks misleading readers.
…For each such case, they provide a response.
Environmental Risk and Opportunity for China and the World – 10-pg report for The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences: Summit on “Science for the Low Carbon Society.” March 2011 Summit in Beijing (Word Doc).
The Overlooked Climate Solution: Joint Action by Governments, Industry, and Consumers – 10-pg report for Earth Day 2010 presentation at Chapman University’s “Beyond Copenhagen: A Conference on Climate Change.”
How the Food Industry Can Reverse Climate Change Quickly and Profitably presented January 2010 at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin.
Forests, Fisheries, Agriculture: A Vision for Sustainability – 10-pg brief prepared for the FAO pre-Copenhagen meeting, December 2009 in Rome.
Livestock and Climate Change published in World Watch magazine November 2009, recalculates the FAO’s numbers from Livestock’s Long Shadow (2006), to demonstrate that livestock should be considered the #1 cause of GHGs (makes the case for increasing 18% figure (which is more than all transport combined) to 51%. – See World Watch Magazine’s Sources and Q&A section for more details. NOTE: Double-listed – see also Worldwatch Institute section.
IFPRI
Livestock to 2020 a report of the International Food Policy Research Institute – coins the term “Livestock Revolution” One of the leading think tanks calling attention to the problem early on – 1999 (83 pg).
Public Interest Groups
Eat Less Meat a report from Compassion in World Farming (80 pg).
Sierra Club’s Bertin Report warning the World Bank/IFC not to fund rainforest destruction by increasing large-scale beef production in Brazil, 2007 (22 pg).
American Meat: A Threat to Your Health and to the Environment a book review from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (12 pg).
TNCs and the Global Food Supply – McLaughlin (11 pg).