Animal Husbandry - Initial Environmental Assessment Series No. 2 (NORAD, 1994): Part I: General account: 3 Possible environmental impacts: 3.8 Impacts of other existing or planned activities

Animal Husbandry - Initial Environmental Assessment Series No. 2 (NORAD, 1994)

Part I: General account

3 Possible environmental impacts

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		3.1 Overgrazing and soil erosion
		3.2 Pollution of air, soil and water
		3.3 Special impacts of livestock-based industries and transportation
		3.4 Loss of valuable genes
		3.5 Infection pressure and diseases, and impacts of medication
		3.6 Other ecological impacts, and consequences for landscapes
		3.7 Social impacts
		3.8 Impacts of other existing or planned activities

3.8 Impacts of other existing or planned activities

Several types of activities in the vicinity of an animal husbandry project can adversely affect the project or reduce its output. Industry and energy production may pollute the area, having a negative impact on grazing, for example, due to fallout of toxic substances or acid rain. Changes in the use of land involving the clearing of land for houses, industry, systems of transportation, etc., can reduce the area available for livestock production.

It is important that new animal husbandry projects take existing environmental problems and land use plans into consideration before they are launched.