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‐ Economic impact of global warming on livestock and agriculture
‐ Carbon markets and environmental improvement of livestock production.
4. Summary of conclusions
Under the context of Latin‐American the following were the main conclusions:
‐ There are variable levels of precision on estimates of methane and nitrous oxide
emissions from livestock in Latin‐American. Specific research is needed in order to
improve precision based on the characteristics of prevalent livestock systems in the
area.
‐ Approaches like Life Cycle Assessment have been little applied in livestock system
which will improve our understanding of emissions from those systems.
‐ Different strategies are available for reducing emission from livestock, which will need
to be considered specifically to each site based on economic and biological aspects.
‐ Adaptation and mitigation interventions for the effect of global warming on livestock
require better support from research to be effective and viable.
5. Issues for follow up
National: The symposium allowed interaction about staff of universities; NG0s and
government interested on the relation of global warming and livestock. This will need to be
strengthened around specific projects.
International: Interaction among researchers from different countries has been the beginning
point for further research/development activities. Initial planning for a web international short
course on “Livestock and global warming” was discussed.