Approaches Related to the GHG Emission Assessment in the Livestock Sector and Mitigation Measures | Chapter 5 | Emerging Issues in Environment, Geography and Earth Science Vol. 5

 Bovine animals is one of the major subscribers to climate change through diffusions of greenhouse gases. Future worldwide emissions are expected to rise significantly in response to the increasing demand for animal products. Convergence human demand for animal products and eliminating the negative belongings of livestock on the surroundings may depend laboriously on the co-existence of extensive and exhaustive systems. Nevertheless, it is crucial to estimate greenhouse smoke emissions from farm animal class at the national level to investigate supplementary mitigation designs. Approaches related to the Tier 1, 2, and 3 methods of IPCC standards maybe useful in this judgment. The system boundaries, the verbalization units of the results, and the level of methods complexity that are applied influence the computation of the definitive emissions estimations in studies using Level approaches. Nevertheless, by executing such evaluations, various sketches can be investigated and further extended to eliminate GHG diffusions from livestock and to develop more referring to practices or policies that do not negatively affect the environment policies at the nationwide level. The present report aims to briefly climax the impact of livestock on GHG issuances, the contribution of intensive and thorough systems to these diffusions, the methodologies recommended for one IPCC for the assessment of GHG emissions and current results at the country level related to the exercise of these methodologies for exploring further alleviation strategies. The steps that concede possibility followed to assess GHG issuances as well as the indications that may affect the definitive carbon footmark of livestock units are still noted. Parameters that still eliminate the contrasting between studies that assess GHG issuances from livestock are argued. Finally, some sketches that could comprise mitigation strategies towards the impact of bovine animals on climate change at the country level are emphasize.

Author(s) Details:

K. Akamati,
Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Department of Animal Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 11855 Athens, Greece.

G. P. Laliotis,
Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Department of Animal Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 11855 Athens, Greece.

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