The new PASTRES report on pastoralism and climate change highlights the overlooked climate benefits of low-impact pastoral farming, cautioning against decisions based on misleading data. It emphasizes the differences between extensive livestock production and factory farming, urging better consideration of sustainable practices in climate and food debates.
The new report on pastoralism and climate change is published!
Not all meat and milk are the same!
The report, published by the European Research Council-supported PASTRES programme, in collaboration with the Yolda Initiative, the Alliance for Mediterranean Nature & Culture and several other leading organisations on the subject, warns that important decisions about climate mitigation, food systems and land use – including dietary shifts, tree planting schemes and rewilding – risk being based on partial or misleading evidence.
The report reviews the debates, pointing to the uncertainties and biased assumptions used to calculate emissions from these two totally different production systems.
The report warns that hundreds of millions of people worldwide who depend on extensive livestock production, with relatively lower climate impacts, are being ignored by debates on the future of food. Low-impact pastoral farming in drylands and mountains has been ‘lumped in’ with much more intensive methods like factory farming, according to the report.
You can access the full report here.
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