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
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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