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IHDP
- International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change
FAO
- Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
The landmark FAO report:
"Livestock's long shadow - Environmental issues and options" is
described in their November
2006 Magazine.
"The state of food and
agriculture - Biofuels: prospects, risks and opportunities" FAO
(2008) - Table 9 (page 45): Land requirements for biofuel production.
"The state of food and
agriculture 2009 - Livestock in the balance" FAO
(2010), estimates that meat production will approximately double over
the next 40 years.
NWO
- Nederlandse Organisatie for Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (The Netherlands
Organisation for Scientific Research)
SENSE
- Research School for Socio-Economic and Natural Sciences of the Environment
UNEP
- United Nations Environment Programme
25 October 2007 UNEP published
their latest Global Environment Outlook, GEO-4
and the press
release included the following statement on meat:
"Population growth, over-consumption and the continued shift from
cereal to meat consumption mean food demand will increase to 2.5-3.5 times
the present figure."
VLAG
- Graduate school for Nutrition, Food Sciences, Agro-biotechnology and
Health Sciences
PROFETAS was initiated by
the Research Schools SENSE
and VLAG.
VU-IVM
- Instituut voor Milieuvraagstukken / Institute for Environmental
Studies, VU Amsterdam
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