Wanna curb wildlife loss? Shift to PLANT-BASED DIET

 If reports are to go by, the world is on the verge of losing wildlife. A worldwide shift away from meat is 'urgently needed' to curb wildlife loss,claims a new report backed by the UN. The report, from the UN-backed Chatham House, warns that the global rate of extinction of wild species is now 'orders of magnitude' (an exponential change of plus-or-minus 1 in the value of a quantity or unit) higher than the average over the past 10 million years.

According to researchers, the global food system is the primary driver for this state of affairs, as wildlife-rich forests and Savannah have been converted into land to grow crops or graze livestock, while efforts to produce cheap food has driven harmful intensive agriculture.

WHY A VEGETARIAN DIET IS THE NEED OF THE HOUR?

  1. According to scientists, a dietary shift from meat to eating more plant-heavy products would help in combating the outsized impact that farming animals has on nature, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions, across the world.
  2. It would also benefit people's health around the world, and help reduce the risk of pandemics, which mostly come from farmed or wild animals.
  3. Moreover, scientists are of the view that a vegetarian diet, away from meat can help in freeing up the lands, which can be returned to nature. This would also allow widespread adoption of nature-friendly farming without increasing the pressure on the farmers to switch to more natural land for cultivation

Did You Know

Nearly four-fifths of the world's agricultural land is used for livestock grazing or growing animal feed crops, even though the majority of calories and protein comes from plant-based foods.

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