文档介绍：COAG/2007/4
February 2007
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COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Twentieth Session
Rome, 25-28 April 2007
Managing Livestock - Environment Interactions
Item 4 of the Provisional Agenda
Table of Contents
Pages
I. Livestock and environment in context 1
A. Environmental impacts 2
B. Differences between species, products and production systems 4
II. What needs to be done? 5
A. Encouraging efficiency through adequate market prices 6
B. Correcting for environmental externalities 6
C. Accelerating technological change 6
D. Reducing negative environmental and social impacts of intensive production 7
E. Reorienting extensive grazing towards provision of environmental services 7
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III. The challenge ahead 8
IV. Views and mendations of COAG 10
COAG/2007/4 1
1. Ensuring environmental sustainability is one of the Millennium Development Goals to
which FAO and its Members mitted. The conservation, improvement and sustainable
utilization of natural resources, including land, water, forests, fisheries and ic resources for
food and agriculture is one of the three global goals of FAO’s Strategic Framework 2000 to 2015.
In this document, the issue of livestock’s impact on the environment is presented. Guidance is
sought from COAG on the priority of this work area.
2. Driven by growing populations and es, the increase in demand for animal products
will be stronger than for most food items. Global production of meat is projected to more than
double from 229 million tonnes in 1999/2001 to 465 million tonnes in 2050, and that of milk to
increase from 580 to 1 043 million tonnes 1. The bulk of the growth i