Essays about: "Livestock"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 422 essays containing the word Livestock.

  1. 21. To Keep the Forest Standing: Analyzing Proposals to Safeguard the Brazilian Amazon Through Mandatory Due Diligence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Amanda Oliveira; [2023]
    Keywords : International Law; Human Rights; Due Diligence; Amazon Forest; Responsible Business; Livestock; Beef Industry; Deforestation; Environmental Law.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The Brazilian state has failed to protect the Amazon rainforest, its biodiversity, and its forest-dependent population. Scientific evidence proves the vital importance of the Amazon biome for life on Earth, as well as its crucial role in maintaining global climate balance. Recently, deforestation rates in Brazil have skyrocketed. READ MORE

  3. 22. Riskhantering i Animalieproduktion : hur hanterar integrerade grisproducenter risker kopplade till verksamhetens insatsvaror & personal?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Carl Wejsfelt; Oswald Mörk; [2023]
    Keywords : Integrerad grisproducent; Risk; Riskhantering; Beslutsprocess;

    Abstract : Världsläget idag med kriget i Ukraina, hög inflation och höga räntor har haft en betydande påverkan på det svenska lantbruket. Bristen på råvaror har satt större press på svenska bönders produktionsresultat samtidigt som det har gjort deras produktion väsentligt dyrare och därmed likviditeten sämre. READ MORE

  4. 23. Trade-offs between land conservation and agricultural production: Case study of the Spanish Lookout area and the Belize Maya Forest Reserve

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Tomas Castro Rojas; [2022]
    Keywords : LULUCF; agriculture; deforestation frontiers; remote sensing; biodiversity; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Habitat destruction (evidenced in land use change) represents one of the biggest threats to environmental resources and biodiversity. In the tropics, this threat is maximized as deforestation frontiers have expanded into natural ecosystems at increasing rates over the last decades for agricultural cropping and livestock husbandry. READ MORE

  5. 24. Aktivitetsmönster och boskapspredation hos lejon (Panthera leo) i förhållande till olika miljöfaktorer

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Elvira Karjel; [2022]
    Keywords : lejon; Panthera leo; aktivitetdygnsrytm; månfas; molntäcke; nederbörd; regn; jaktlycka; boskap; nötkreatur; predation;

    Abstract : The lion is one of few large predators that have suffered terrible population losses over the past two decades. As a result of this lions are now considered vulnerable on the IUCN Redlist, and on their way towards becoming endangered. The estimated number of individuals is approximately 32 000 today, and the majority are found in Africa. READ MORE

  6. 25. “It must be fun for you to help a bit on the farm” : A qualitative study of the social, institutional, and economic activities and roles of women and inclusion in livestock farming in southern Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Julia Andersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Farming Women; Gender Equality; Patriarchy; Agriculture; Reproductive Labour.;

    Abstract : Farming women have between the year 1950 and the present time had to fight hard to participate in the farming sector in Sweden to the same extent as men. There are old, gendered biases towards women who labour on farms by people both on and outside the farms. READ MORE