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L’élevage accentue l’effet de serre et la déforestation | Viande : l'environnement, la santé et les animaux
L'élevage est responsable de 14,5 % des émissions de gaz à effet de serreEt de 80 % de la déforestation en AmazonieLe 5e rapport du GIEC recommande une diminution importante de la consommation de viande. Ce serait aussi efficace que de diviser par deux le parc automobile mondial.Un végétalien émet 2,5 fois moins de GES par son alimentation qu'un omnivore occidental L’élevage émet plus de gaz à effet de serre que les transports En 2006, un rapport de la FAO, Livestock's long shadow, a révélé que l’élevage produisait une quantité importante de gaz à effet de serre (GES), environ 18 % des émissions d'origine humaine. Les émissions de GES dans le monde. Chiffres clés Le secteur de l'élevage produit 7,1 milliards de tonnes d'équivalent CO2, soit environ 1/7 de l'ensemble des émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Il apparaît que les émissions sont dues majoritairement à l'élevage des ruminants. Source : GIEC. L'Europe contribue pour 8,5 % des émissions de GES liés à l'élevage. Bibiliographie
Food shortages could force world into vegetarianism, warn scientists | Global development
Leading water scientists have issued one of the sternest warnings yet about global food supplies, saying that the world's population may have to switch almost completely to a vegetarian diet over the next 40 years to avoid catastrophic shortages. Humans derive about 20% of their protein from animal-based products now, but this may need to drop to just 5% to feed the extra 2 billion people expected to be alive by 2050, according to research by some of the world's leading water scientists. "There will not be enough water available on current croplands to produce food for the expected 9 billion population in 2050 if we follow current trends and changes towards diets common in western nations," the report by Malik Falkenmark and colleagues at the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) said. Dire warnings of water scarcity limiting food production come as Oxfam and the UN prepare for a possible second global food crisis in five years.
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Les Mayas (et leur calendrier) versus Coca Cola
Les Mayas (et leur calendrier) versus Coca Cola La Bolivie a annoncé que la société Coca Cola, un des symboles fondamentaux du capitalisme américaniste, sera expulsée de ce pays le 21 décembre 2012, selon la date symbolique de la findu calendrier mayas que nombre d’interprétations présentent comme l’annonce de la fin du monde. Cette décision, avec ce caractère symbolique, est présentée selon l’idée que le 21 décembre 2012 marque plutôt “la fin du capitalisme” que la fin du monde… Russia Today présente la nouvelle, le 1er août 2012. «In a symbolic rejection of US capitalism, Bolivia announced it will expel the Coca-Cola Company from the country at the end of the Mayan calendar. This will mark the end of capitalism and usher in a new era of equality, the Bolivian govt says. »The minister encouraged the people of Bolivia to drink Mocochinche, a peach-flavored soft drink, as an alternative to Coca-Cola.
Are you a baby eater? | Viva!
By Justin Kerswell, Viva! campaigns manager If you picture the scene: a crowded shopping centre; then from amongst the jumble of legs wanders a tiny kitten. Then imagine a young piglet or lamb wandering amongst shoppers. It is hard-wired into most of us to protect infants – be they human or other mammals. Such is the collective moral schizophrenia, people melt at the site of kittens and new-born lambs gambolling in the fields yet will eat meat without a twinge of conscience. One of the things that constantly shocks people I speak to is how young farmed animals are before they are killed. The brutal truth is that farmed animals are only kept alive as long as there is profit in doing so. Although it is often termed reaching adult weight that term is misleading. For me, this fast track to death really hit home during a visit to a massive ‘broiler’ factory farm hidden behind trees and hedgerows near a pretty English village. For some, death comes before they are even born.
Food riots predicted over US crop failure - Features
The world is on the brink of a food "catastrophe" caused by the worst US drought in 50 years, and misguided government biofuel policy will exacerbate the perilous situation, scientists and activists warn. When food prices spike and people go hungry, violence soon follows, they say. Riots caused by food shortages - similar to those of 2007-08 in countries like Bangladesh, Haiti, the Philippines and Burkina Faso among others - may be on the horizon, threatening social stability in impoverished nations that rely on US corn imports. This summer's devastating drought has scorched much of the mid-western United States - the world's bread basket. Crops such as corn, wheat, and soy have been decimated by high temperatures and little rain. Grain prices have skyrocketed and concerns abound the resulting higher food prices will hit the world's poor the hardest - sparking violent demonstrations. The United States accounted for 39 per cent of global trade in corn in 2011-12. Fighting for food
