Killing ruminants in Austria for climate protection? No, because neither effective nor necessary!
Austria's mountains provide agriculture with enough rainfall in many areas. That's good, but in many regions only grass and forest grow. Forest can be used directly; grass must first be converted into milk and meat by ruminants. These animals have always done this and with site-appropriate agriculture there is almost no competition with other interests, on the contrary - ecosystem services are provided.
Should ruminants be killed to save the climate? Which and how many greenhouse gases do the cows excrete and how can this be influenced? Have emissions changed over the last century? What would be the impact of reducing our cows?
These and other questions as well as possible solutions will be discussed by PD Dr. Andreas Steinwidder with Dr. Thomas Guggenberger addressed. Listen for yourself:
In-depth downloads on this topic:
Here for you is the full conversation from our head of research and innovation, PD Dr. Andreas Steinwidder with Dr. Thomas Guggenberger on the topic “Ruminants and climate protection - no contradiction for us” in full length:
Further documents:
- specialist brochure on climate change adaptation based on the podcast series with short and meaningful specialist articles for reading and
- Supplementary slide sets for teaching and advice in all agricultural areas.
