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THE PLANET DIET FOUNDATION

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At the current rate o plant and species extinction, within just 15 years

over 70% o all lie on the planet will have been wiped o the ace o the Earth.

A third o all lie on the planet has become extinct in recent years

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Ive received a number o e-mails rom people that I respect, saying that

the 18% gure is an underestimate,

its a low estimate and in actual act its much higher.

Dr. Rajendra Pachauri - Head o the UNs IPCC

(Speaking on the outdated fgure o livestocks contribution to Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 18%)

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At least hal o the greenhouse gases, maybe considerably more,

are due to livestock production.

Dr. T. Colin Campbell - Cornell University, USA

Leader o one o the largest health research projects in the world,

and author o corresponding publication The China Study

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Livestock arming is the most signicant contributor to

todays most serious environmental problems.

URGENT ACTION is required to remedy the situation.

FAO, United Nations

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I everyone in the UK abstained rom eating meat or 1 day a week over a year,

this would save 13 megatons CO2 o greenhouse gas emissions.

This would result in greater carbon savings than taking 5 million cars o the road in the UK.

From the Institute or Environmental Studies (IVM), VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

and HM Governments UK Climate Change programme 2006

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I everyone in the UK did not eat meat or 2 days a week over a year,

they would save 26 megatons CO2 o greenhouse gas emissions.

This would save the equivalent o almost 73 million return fights rom London to Ibiza.

From the Institute or Environmental Studies (IVM), VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

and HM Governments UK Climate Change programme 2006

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I everyone in the UK ate no meat or 3 days a week over a year,

they would save 39 megatons CO2 o greenhouse gas emissions. This would save more

greenhouse gas emissions than specied in the goals set by the British government,

or reducing household emissions by the year 2020.

From the Institute or Environmental Studies (IVM), VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

and HM Governments UK Climate Change programme 2006

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70% o ormerly orested land in the Amazon, and 91% o land

deorested since 1970, is used or livestock pasture.

LIVESTOCKS LONG SHADOW - FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome, 2006

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24 hours o deorestation releases the same amount o CO2 into the atmosphere

as 24 million people do fying rom London to New York

Every second, rainorest roughly the size o a ootball eld is cut downto produce just 257 hamburgers

LIVESTOCKS LONG SHADOW - FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome, 2006

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LIVESTOCKS LONG SHADOW - FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome, 2006

Meat eating is the largest single cause o water pollution

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LIVESTOCKS LONG SHADOW - FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome, 2006

Nitrous Oxide - the gas released rom both the 5.5 billion tons o worldwide annual

cow and pig waste, and rom the millions o tons o ertilizer used in the Amazon to

grow animal eed, is 295 times more potent a greenhouse gas than CO2

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LIVESTOCKS LONG SHADOW - FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome, 2006

One average-sized European cow releases enough methane in a year

to be the equivalent o a amily-sized car driving 70,000 km

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LIVESTOCKS LONG SHADOW - FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome, 2006

It takes just 2,000 litres o water to produce 1 kg o soya,

whereas it takes 20,000 litres o water to produce 1 kg o bee

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US$32 trillion, or 80% o a total US$40 trillion estimated cost o

halting climate change, will be saved rom the global shit to a vegan diet.

Climate Benefts o Changing Diet - The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, February 2009

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People should eat a whole ood, plant-based diet and avoid consuming

bee, poultry and milk as a means to minimize and/or reverse

the development o chronic disease.

The China Study - Dr. T. Colin Campbell, Cornell University, USA

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Vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthul,

nutritionally adequate and may provide health benefts

in the prevention and treatment o certain diseases,

and are appropriate or individuals during all stages o the lie-cycleincluding pregnancy, lactation, inancy,

childhood and adolescence, and or athletes.

The American Dietetic Association, July 2009

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Nothing will beneft human health and increase chances or survival o lie on

Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.

- Albert Einstein -