Livestock bring many benefits to their respective environments and the positives about livestock production should not be ignored. To help illustrate this, EBLEX commissioned an independent report
'Landscapes without Livestock' which examines the potential impact on some of England’s most cherished landscapes if beef cattle herds and sheep flocks declined or disappeared as a result of the industry becoming unsustainable.
The report has been compiled with input from farmers, ecologists, landscape specialists and experts from EBLEX.
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Less Favoured Area (LFA) Upland - North York Moors in 30 years
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Permanent Pasture The report includes:
• Panoramic photographs of each landscape in its current state
• Photomontages produced at year three, year 10 and year 30
• Narratives for each landscape also set out the ‘story’ of future change shown graphically by the photomontages
• Trajectories of change based on agricultural capabilities of each landscape.
‘Landscapes without Livestock’ is an authoritative report which adds expert evidence to the debate about the beef and lamb sector and its impact on the environment. The full report can be viewed
here. It is designed as a tool for the whole industry. As such, we are happy for other organisations to use the report provided it is made clear that the course is EBLEX/LUC.
The environmental impact of the sector has also been covered extensively in EBLEX’s environmental roadmaps:
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Change in the Air• 2.
Testing the Water