1990년대부터 행해진 아마존 삼림파괴의 약 90%가 소떼 방목 또는 가축용 사료작물 재배를 위한 삼림 벌채에서 기인했다.
호주에서 20년 이상 행해진 삼림 벌채의 90%가 가축을 방목하기
위해서였다.(최근 퀸즐랜드 주정부가 발간한 20년에 걸친 조사보고서, 은퇴한 퀸즐랜드 환경자원부 수석 과학자인 제럴드
비숍(Gerald Bisshop)이 언급함)
사막화
사막화는 과도한 방목과 가축사료 재배지역 확장이 원인이다. (모래언덕 고정을 포함한 건조지역 TPN3방목장 관리, UNCCD,
2003) 사막화로 이어지는 전세계 토양 침식의 50% 이상이 가축 때문이다.
매년 750억 톤의 표토가 농경 관리 부실, 기후 변화, 가축 방목으로
인해 침식되고 있다. 미국에서만54%의 초지에서 과도 방목이 이루어지고 있으며 매년 1헥타르(1만 평방미터)마다 100톤 이상의 표토가 손실되고
있다. (최근 호주 뉴 사우스 웨일즈에서 열린 탄소 농업 컨퍼런스에서 존 크로포드 (John Crawford) 교수가
발표한 연구)
2010년에 이라크, 중국, 차드, 호주, 몽골과 그 외 나라들이 심각한 가뭄을 보고했으며 가축 방목이 현상을 더 악화시키고 있다.
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