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12A vegetarian diet drastically decreases the amount of land used for livestock farming, cutting down on gas emissions that contribute to global warming by up to 80%. This would also decrease the amount of contaminated water draining in to the oceans, cutting down on the spread of dead zones and hopefully reversing some of the damage that has already been done.
Source: Increasing dead zones in oceans could be avoided with a vegetarian diet – Jessica Prussia
Date: 3 July 2009
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Livestock Production and Shorter-Lived Climate Forcers Download |
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Plant-Based Diets - A solution to our public health crisis Download |
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Leaders Preserving Our Future - Insights Paper - WPF - November 2010 Download |
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Maintaining a Climate of Life - Summary Report Download |
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Livestock's Climate Impact Download |
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Livestock & Sustainable Food Download |
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Reducing Shorter-Lived Climate Forcers Through Dietary Change Download |
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The global cost of biodiversity loss: 14 trillion Euros? - EU Commission (2008) Download |
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Forests, Fisheries, Agriculture: A Vision for Sustainability (2009) Download |
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Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 - United Nations (2010) Download |
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