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Title: | Pathways to carbon-neutrality for the Australian red meat sector | Contributor(s): | Mayberry, Dianne (author); Bartlett, Harriet (author); Moss, Jonathan (author)![]() |
Publication Date: | 2019-10 | Early Online Version: | 2019-05-23 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.agsy.2019.05.009 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29079 | Abstract: | The Australian red meat industry is an important contributor to the national economy and international markets. A focus on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from this sector presents an important opportunity for the sustainability of the industry and to enable Australia to achieve its commitments set under the Paris climate agreement. Here we show that through changes in land management and application of technologies to reduce enteric methane emissions from grazing livestock it is possible for the Australian red meat industry to substantially reduce GHG emissions, and even become carbon neutral. We calculated baseline (2005) and current (2015) GHG emissions for the red meat sector, then examined the mitigation potential and costs of potential pathways to reduce and offset emissions. Emissions from the Australian red meat industry have decreased from 124.1 Mt CO2e in 2005 to 68.6 Mt CO2e in 2015, primarily through reductions in land clearing. Achieving carbon neutrality is possible with continued improvements in vegetation management combined with methods to reduce livestock emissions, sequester carbon, and maintain animal numbers. While possible, this ambitious target will require timely and substantial investment and policy support from private and government bodies. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Agricultural Systems, v.175, p. 13-21 | Publisher: | Elsevier BV | Place of Publication: | Netherlands | ISSN: | 1873-2267 0308-521X |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 140201 Agricultural Economics 070108 Sustainable Agricultural Development |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 380101 Agricultural economics 300210 Sustainable agricultural development |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 839802 Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Animal Production | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 190302 Management of greenhouse gas emissions from animal production | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Environmental and Rural Science UNE Business School |
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