Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation

F Pendrill, TA Gardner, P Meyfroidt, UM Persson… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Tropical deforestation continues at alarming rates with profound impacts on ecosystems,
climate, and livelihoods, prompting renewed commitments to halt its continuation. Although it …

Wild ungulate overabundance in Europe: contexts, causes, monitoring and management recommendations

AJ Carpio, M Apollonio, P Acevedo - Mammal Review, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
High‐density populations of large ungulates are now widespread. However, the perception
of overabundance only appears when it produces a problem for humans, such as a loss of …

[HTML][HTML] Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis

CJL Murray, KS Ikuta, F Sharara, L Swetschinski… - The lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major threat to human health around
the world. Previous publications have estimated the effect of AMR on incidence, deaths …

Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

FT Maestre, Y Le Bagousse-Pinguet… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Grazing represents the most extensive use of land worldwide. Yet its impacts on ecosystem
services remain uncertain because pervasive interactions between grazing pressure …

Exploring global changes in agricultural ammonia emissions and their contribution to nitrogen deposition since 1980

L Liu, W Xu, X Lu, B Zhong, Y Guo… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Global gains in food production over the past decades have been associated with
substantial agricultural nitrogen overuse and ammonia emissions, which have caused …

[HTML][HTML] Global antimicrobial-resistance drivers: an ecological country-level study at the human–animal interface

K Allel, L Day, A Hamilton, L Lin… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a pressing, holistic, and multisectoral
challenge facing contemporary global health. In this study we assessed the associations …

Global trends in antimicrobial use in food animals from 2017 to 2030

K Tiseo, L Huber, M Gilbert, TP Robinson… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Demand for animal protein is rising globally and has been facilitated by the expansion of
intensive farming. However, intensive animal production relies on the regular use of …

Increases in extreme heat stress in domesticated livestock species during the twenty‐first century

P Thornton, G Nelson, D Mayberry… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic climate change is expected to have major impacts on domesticated livestock,
including increased heat stress in animals in both intensive and extensive livestock systems …

Proactive conservation to prevent habitat losses to agricultural expansion

DR Williams, M Clark, GM Buchanan, GF Ficetola… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The projected loss of millions of square kilometres of natural ecosystems to meet future
demand for food, animal feed, fibre and bioenergy crops is likely to massively escalate …

Methane mitigation: methods to reduce emissions, on the path to the Paris agreement

EG Nisbet, RE Fisher, D Lowry, JL France… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The atmospheric methane burden is increasing rapidly, contrary to pathways compatible
with the goals of the 2015 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Paris …