Large-scale decreases in the presence of grazing livestock have broad consequences for planetary health (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

Large-scale decreases in the presence of grazing livestock have broad consequences for planetary health

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Livestock populations have shrunk by about 12% over the past 25 years in regions that held 42% of the world’s domestic grazing animals in 1999. These overlooked reductions in stocking rates may have major ecological consequences, according to a new study by Osvaldo Sala at Arizona State University and José Anadon at Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología.

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Photo by USDA-ARS Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory (copy right free, public domain)

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