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WORLDS MOST DANGEROUS LETHAL ANIMAL ON THE PLANET ?
- Published_at:2012-06-07
- Category:Nonprofits & Activism
- Channel:durianriders
- tags: worlds, most, dangerous, animal, killer, vegan, honey, badger, durianrider, animals, veganism, big, snake, weight, loss, paleo, diet, primal, vegetarian, bodybuilder, freelee, freelea
- description: WORLDS MOST DANGEROUS LETHAL ANIMAL ON THE PLANET ? Honey badger ? Yeti ? Big snake ? Big spider ? What is the most dangerous animal on the planet ? What animal kills more humans than ANY other animal. Its the MEAT EATING HUMAN! Here is some more data supporting this fact. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 2005 report states that hunger causes the death of more than five million children a year. With the world's population expected to increase from 6 billion to reach 9 billion by 2050, one of the most urgent questions we now face is how we, as a species, will feed ourselves in the 21st century. Land availability is one of the main constraints on food production. The Earth has only a limited area of viable agricultural land, so how this land is used is central to our ability to feed the world. Western diets play a large part in depriving the world's poor of much needed food. This is because livestock consume much more protein, water and calories than they produce. Most of the protein from vegetable feeds is used for the animal's bodily functions and not converted to meat, eggs or milk. HOW YOUR DIET CAN HELP A varied vegan diet uses just one fifth of the land needed for a typical European omnivorous diet. Quite simply, we do not have enough land to feed everyone on an animal-based diet. So while 840 million people do not have enough food, we continue to waste valuable agricultural land by obtaining only a small fraction of its potential calorific value. The world's population is increasing and viable agricultural lands are diminishing. If we are to avoid future global food scarcity we must find sustainable ways of utilising our natural resource base. The World Resources Institute (WRI) states that nearly 40 per cent of the world's agricultural land is seriously degraded. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) predicts that if land loss continues at current rates, an additional 150-360 million hectares could go out of production by 2020. Increasing population is therefore not the only factor that we have to consider when looking at future food production. Viable agricultural lands are diminishing, so there is less and less productive soil per person. Continuing to intensify production on already degraded lands is not a sustainable solution. HOW YOUR DIET CAN HELP Overgrazing is blamed for 35 per cent of soil degradation, deforestation for 30 per cent and agriculture for 27 per cent. These main causes are directly or indirectly related to the consumption of animal products. It is a vicious cycle in which declining soil fertility pushes people to find new land to expand the agricultural base. This often leads to deforestation, which in turn causes soil degradation. This process is the epitome of unsustainable agricultural practice. Switching to a vegan diet can help to prevent further deterioration of precious fertile lands. In 1938, Walter Lowdermilk, an official in the Soil Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, went on a world tour. He headed around the globe to see how older civilizations had dealt with the erosion that was then ravaging U.S. farms. Some groups had managed their land well and were still thriving, others had not, and the consequences were stunning, he later said in a report. Lowermilk described a spot in Syria where old ruins sat atop barren rock in the section of his report entitled "A Hundred Dead Cities". "Here, erosion has done it's worst," he wrote. "...If the soils had remained, even though the cities were destroyed and the populations dispersed, the areas might be re-people again and the cities rebuilt, but now that the soils are gone, all is gone." But despite such lessons, we're not listening. The United States loses seven billion tons of topsoil a year, which could coat an area roughly the size of Connecticut. About Eighty five percent of this is caused by livestock grazing and the clear cutting of forests to create pastures and fields to grow food for animals. By 2005, 260 million acres of forest had been clear-cut for animal agriculture in this country. With the population growing and per capita meat consumption increasing, deforestation is only increasing. In South America, our meat obsession is causing the destruction of the rain forests, the greatest source of biodiversity on the planet, and an absorber of vast quantities of carbon dioxide. The United States imports 200 million pounds of beef from Central America every year. Thanks to aniboom and Danny Kirsch for the beats and animation. :) http://www.aniboom & http://www.dannykirsch.com tags: worlds most dangerous animal killer vegan honey badger durianrider animals vegan veganism big snake weight loss paleo diet primal diet vegetarian bodybuilder freelee freelea
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