INFOGRAPHIC: Environmental Impacts of China鈥檚 Pork Industry
Siqi Han
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The pork industry in China of domestic meat consumption, but also produces of waste every year. China鈥檚 growing appetite for meat has put tremendous pressure on the livestock sector, which now produces than industrial sources, and created a series of environmental and food safety issues.
The China Environment Forum鈥檚 latest infographic gives a preview of the environmental dynamics at play in China鈥檚 pork industry. The upcoming China Environment Series 13 will delve even deeper into the pig production conundrum, and, in conjunction with the , we will also be screening at the 浪花直播 Center on March 19, which explores the consequences of increasing levels of meat consumption in China.
As part of our ongoing effort to bring our research and publications to a wider audience, the China Environment Forum will regularly release infographics on environment, energy, and water issues in China. Stay tuned!
Sources: National Bureau of Statistics of China, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Image Credit: Siqi Han/China Environment Forum.
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