The UN report on livestock’s impact on biodiversity states that “…The world’s freshwater systems are so degraded that their ability to support human, plant and animal life is greatly imperilled. In the 20th century, half the world’s wetlands are estimated to have been converted to agriculture and urban areas, filled and drained to combat diseases such as malaria, or lost entirely. The conversion of coastal ecosystems to agriculture and aquaculture, along with other pressures such as erosion and pollution, are reducing mangroves, coastal wetlands, sea grass areas and coral reefs at an alarming rate.”
Source: Livestock’s Long Shadow Part IV – 05: Livestock’s impact on biodiversity – UN FAO
Date: 2006
Species Extinction
Climate Change
