Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
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Lean, Geoffrey (2006), 'Cow “Emissions” More Damaging to Planet than CO2 from Cars',
The Independent,
10
December 2006.
7
Metz, B
et al
(eds) (2007),
Climate Change 2007: Mitigation. Contribution of Working Group to the Fourth Assess-
ment Report of the IPCC
, IIPCC, Cambridge University Press.
8
Baumert, K
et al
(2005),
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, World
Resources Institute, 2005,
http://www.wri.org/publication/navigating-the-numbers
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Gagnon, Luc (2006),
Comparing Energy Options: Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation Options
,
Hydro Quebec;
http://www.hydroquebec.com/sustainable-development/documentation/pdf/options_energetiques/trans-
port_en_2006.pdf
For similar figures on USA see: EPA (2006)
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the U.S. Transportation
Sector 1990-2003
, March 2006,
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/climate/420r06003.pdf
10
Adler, Ben (2008), 'Are Cows Worse than Cars?',
The American Prospect
, 3 Dec 2008,
http://www.prospect.org/
11
Fresco, L and Steinfeld, H (1998),
A Food Security Perspective to Livestock and the Environment
, FAO 1998,
ht-
12
The figure of 3.7 is equivalent to the annual rate of change in South America in 1990-2000. Brazil contains 60 per
cent of the Amazon and in that decade Brazil was responsible for 62 per cent of deforestation. FAO (2003),
The State
of the World's Forests
, found at
http://www.mongabay.com/deforestation_tropical.htm
13 Mongabay (2009a),
Brazil
Releases Of ficial Amazon Deforestation Figures for 2009
,
Mongabay.com
,
14
Nepstad, D
et al
(2006), 'Globalization of the Amazon Soy and Beef Industries: Opportunities for Conservation',
Conservation Biology
, 2006.
http://www.whrc.org/policy/COP/Brazil/Nepstad_et_al_2006_Cons%20Biol.pdf
15
Mongabay (2008a),
Amazon Soy Ban Seems to be Effective in Reducing Explicit Deforestation
,
Mongabay.com
,
3
16
Mongabay (2009b),
Brazilian Beef Giants Agree to Moratorium on Amazon Deforestation
,
Mongabay.com
,
7 Oct
17
Greenpeace Brazil (2009),
Amazon Cattle Footprint, Mato Grosso: State of Destruction
, 29 January 2009,
ht-
18
De Haan, C V, Steinfeld, H and Blackburn, H (1996),
Livestock and the Environment: Finding a Balance
, FAO
1996, Chapter 2 'Driving Forces';
http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5303e/x5303e00.htm
19
Margulis, S (2004),
Causes of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
, World Bank.
20
Wassenaar, T
et al
, 'Projecting Land Use Changes in the Neo Tropics: the Geography of Pasture Expansion into
Forest',
Global Environmental Change
, 17, pp 86-104, 2006.
21
Morton, D
et al
, 'Cropland Expansion Changes Deforestation Dynamics in the Southern Amazon', PNAS, Sept
22
Mongabay (2008b),
Amazon Soy Ban Seems to be Effective in Reducing Explicit Deforestation
,
Mongabay.com
,
3
23
Butler, Rhett A (2007a),
Amazon Fires Amongst Worst Ever
,
Mongabay.com
,
Oct 2007,
ht-
tp://news.mongabay.com/2007/1021-amazon.html
; Butler, Rhett A (2007b)
Influence of Soy Prices on Deforestation in