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Indonesia’s foot-and-mouth outbreak shouldn’t come as a surprise. It’s been decades in the making – just the latest consequence of biosecurity shortcomings in the region.
Healthier and more sustainable food could be made cheaper as meat and dairy becomes more expensive.
Effective biosecurity involves more than just what happens at the airport. And it doesn’t come cheap.
Many wildlife species face an uncertain future due to recurring, severe drought.
Nutrient pollution fouls lakes and bays with algae, killing fish and threatening public health. Progress curbing it has been slow, mainly because of farm pollution.
Foot and mouth disease hasn’t been on our doorstep since the 1980s. Keeping it out of Australia is a new national priority.
If the UK government is to cut methane emissions by 30% before 2030, it needs fewer cows and more crops.
Feeding insects instead of grain to animals is an inexpensive, sustainable way to increase the world food supply. An animal scientist explains what’s involved in developing insect feed for cattle.
The ongoing humanitarian crisis raises serious questions about future food and water security in the Horn of Africa.
About 7.7 million Somalis need emergency aid right now.
Farmers are contending with huge spikes in fertilizer prices. The Biden administration is paying US companies to boost synthetic fertilizer production, but there are other, more sustainable options.
Children are taught to value the lives of other species less, according to a new study.
Instead of evicting pastoralists from their ancestral land, more effort must be made to create new opportunities for them.
A new ‘protein roadmap’ produced by CSIRO reveals foods set to fill fridges by 2030 as health, environmental and ethical concerns push consumers away from meat.
Growing native grasses as cattle forage is an example of working lands conservation – balancing human use of the land with conservation goals.
The answer lies in silvopastoralism, an agricultural method that attempts to mimic natural forest ecosystems with livestock added into the mix.
Wolves killing livestock are seizing an opportunity for a meal in a landscape with little natural prey.
The average amount of meat a person ate each year worldwide increased from 29.5kg in 2000 to 34kg in 2019. But there are some surprising differences between nations, including Australia and NZ.
Manufacturing is just one part of the vaccine ecosystem. It’s the health system that delivers vaccines and people must be willing to take them.
Top contributors
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Specialist, CGIAR System Organization
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Professor of Veterinary Infectious Diseases, University of Liverpool and International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya, University of Liverpool
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Associate professor, UNSW Sydney
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Fellow, Zoological Society of London
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Former Foundation Professor of Animal Welfare, University of Queensland, Curtin University
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Assistant Professor of Applied Environmental Health , University of Maryland
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Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Senior Researcher and Statistician, University of Hohenheim
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Professor & Director, Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame
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Professor of Climate Sciences, Duke University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
