Impacts of European livestock production: nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus and greenhouse gas emissions, land-use, water eutrophication and biodiversity

Leip, Adrian; Billen, Gilles; Garnier, Josette; Grizzetti, Bruna; Lassaletta, Luis; Reis, Stefan; Simpson, David; A. Sutton, Mark; de Vries, W.; Weiß, Franz; Westhoek, Henk

doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/11/115004

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Impacts of European livestock production: nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus and greenhouse gas emissions, land-use, water eutrophication and biodiversity

Published in Environmental Research Letters • Nov 1, 2015

Authors:

Adrian Leip

Gilles Billen

Josette Garnier

Abstract

Livestock production systems currently occupy around 28% of the land surface of the European Union (equivalent to 65% of the agricultural land). In conjunction with other human activities, livestock production systems affect water, air and soil quality, global climate and biodiversity, altering the ...

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Environmental science

Greenhouse gas

Livestock

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