Livestock grazing is preventing the return of rainforests to the UK and Ireland
Activities preventing forests from regeneration should also be seen as deforestation, says Emma Garnett. Livestock grazing is a key obstacle.
Read moreDr Emma Garnett is a researcher in the Health Behaviours Team at the University of Oxford. She is investigating the efficacy of approaches to reducing meat consumption and moving to more plant-based diets. She’s interested in how we can fairly overcome economic, political, and social barriers to live well within planetary boundaries. She is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and won the Janet Moore prize for supervising in Zoology (University of Cambridge).
Activities preventing forests from regeneration should also be seen as deforestation, says Emma Garnett. Livestock grazing is a key obstacle.
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