Ruminants get 'bum deal' over greenhouse gas emissions

摘要

Two major conferences took place last week on the subject of climate change - one organised by the NFU and the Sustainable Food Trust, the other by the CLA. Philip Clarke reports from both.Ruminant livestock are being unfairly castigated by the anti-meat lobby in the debate on climate change, whereas they should be seen as part of the solution.According to Prof Michael Lee from Roth-amsted Research, the way greenhouse gases are measured and their contribution to global waiming assessed is flawed.