Animal agriculture and biodiversity loss
- Animal agriculture is the most significant driver of habitat loss on the planet (Machovina et al., 2015)
- Animal agriculture drives deforestation
- Ball et al., 2025 estimate that the impact of producing 1 kg of different food commodities on species extinction risks, and also of omnivorous, veggie and vegan diets
- Of the 28,000 species evaluated to be threatened with extinction on the IUCN Red List, agriculture and aquaculture is listed as a threat for 24,000 of them
- Meta analysis: Across all animals, livestock exclusion increased abundance and diversity
- Smallholder farms can be better
- GFI on how #Alternative_Proteins are a biodiversity solution