What Does Animal Law Have to Do with Environmental Law?
Animal Agriculture andClimate Change
Animal Law and Environmental Law: Parallels and Synergies
Animal Law and Environmental Law: Parallels and Synergies
The impacts from U.S. animal agriculture on climate change are substantial and well-documented scientifically but too often are left out of discussions regarding climate change. Unfortunately, U.S. animal agricultural practices are setting an example that other countries are following and which will result in even higher adverse impacts i
The impacts from U.S. animal agriculture on climate change are substantial and well-documented scientifically but too often are left out of discussions regarding climate change. Unfortunately, U.S. animal agricultural practices are setting an example that other countries are following and which will result in even higher adverse impacts internationally. Both science and basic math tell us we cannot meet our climate change goals, domestically or internationally, unless we significantly reduce the climate change impacts from animal agriculture.
Animal Law and Environmental Law: Parallels and Synergies
Animal Law and Environmental Law: Parallels and Synergies
Animal Law and Environmental Law: Parallels and Synergies
Drawing on lessons from history, politics, and law, the book examines how environmental law’s successes in several key areas such as enforcement, use of the public trust doctrine, impact assessments, and international law protections can help propel animal law’s objectives and how the two fields can work together on topics such as climate
Drawing on lessons from history, politics, and law, the book examines how environmental law’s successes in several key areas such as enforcement, use of the public trust doctrine, impact assessments, and international law protections can help propel animal law’s objectives and how the two fields can work together on topics such as climate change and food law and policy. This presentation first addressed some of the key themes of the book’s coverage. It then provided case studies from the book’s chapters to illustrate how animal law can learn from environmental law and how the two fields can work together to secure mutual gains.
The SMELL OF MONEY DoCUMENTARY
Animal Law and Environmental Law: Parallels and Synergies
The SMELL OF MONEY DoCUMENTARY
North Carolina residents take on one of the world's largest pork companies in a fight for their right to clean air, pure water and a life free from the stench of pig manure. When a corporate hog farm moves in–uninvited–on land her grandfather had purchased after claiming his freedom from slavery, Elsie Herring decides to fight back. But a
North Carolina residents take on one of the world's largest pork companies in a fight for their right to clean air, pure water and a life free from the stench of pig manure. When a corporate hog farm moves in–uninvited–on land her grandfather had purchased after claiming his freedom from slavery, Elsie Herring decides to fight back. But as her rural community becomes the epicenter of the pork industry’s explosion in America, Elsie’s struggle to save her family’s home and heritage turns into a battle against one of the world’s most powerful companies and its deadly pollution.
Environmental Issues
Climate Change- The Third Pole
Climate Change- The Third Pole
Climate Change- The Third Pole
Asia’s high mountain regions, such as the Nepal Himalayas, contain the most snow and ice outside of the polar regions. This area is widely known as the “Third Pole”. The region contains not only the highest and most famous mountain in the world, Mt. Everest, but it also contains over 100,000 square kilometers of glaciers, which are an important source of meltwater to the rivers which flow into highly populated areas downstream and are a source of water for the people who make their home in the mountains. Climate change is impacting this important source of water and is threatening the livelihoods of people in this part of the world.
Air Pollution
Climate Change- The Third Pole
Climate Change- The Third Pole
Nepal is ranked # 10 out of 118 and is one of the most polluted countries in the world. There are many sources of the air pollution in Nepal, including the numerous factories and construction sites which emit gases and particulates. There is also an extensive amount of open burning, including wood fires which many people use for cooking and heating. There are also lots of gas powered vehicles (cars, buses and motorbikes) which are old and do not have any pollution controls. There are few regulations to keep pollution in check and what measures there are are not enforced.
Water Pollution
Climate Change- The Third Pole
Solid Waste Management
According to an August 2022 news article, Nepal’s holy Bagmati River is choked with black sewage and trash, which makes the waterway unusable for drinking or cleaning. The river, which has its origin on a mountain, high in the Himalayas, starting out as a clear stream of pure, drinkable water, irrigating rice fields and vegetable crops on its journey to Kathmandu, ends up as a river of toxic sludge that is poisonous to humans and animals aliike.
Solid Waste Management
Recycling - Waste to Energy
Solid Waste Management
Municipal solid waste management is a key challenge faced by many cities in South Asia including cities throughout Nepal. As the population grows and as the climate changes it will become more and more critical to improve solid waste manage-ment throughout the country. Recent research has shown there are several low-cost ways to improve the amount of waste ending up in landfills. Public education and behavior change are a good places to start. More information can be found by reading the article below, and by clicking on the photo above for a follow-up article. https://www.nepallivetoday.com/2022/01/14/nepals-waste-mismanagement-problem/
Solid Waste and Street Dogs
Recycling - Waste to Energy
Recycling - Waste to Energy
According to the International Companion Animal Management (ICAM) Coalition's "Position Statement on Dog and Cat Population Management and Changing Resource Availability" "Solid waste management has a significant impact on....air pollution, water contamination, soil erosion, and greenhouse gas emissions." Thus it is not necessary to justify an improvement in solid waste management in a city simply to address the available food sources of free-roaming dogs. "It is the role of dog and cat population management to ensure that roaming animals are not reliant on waste for their essential nutrition as waste management improves. This can be achieved through improving responsible ownership of owned animals and responsible care of community animals, including feeding, and a reduction in roaming dog and cat density through sterilisation and prevention of abandonment."
Recycling - Waste to Energy
Recycling - Waste to Energy
Recycling - Waste to Energy
Waste produced by both livestock and poultry is considered a valuable commodity and is used to produce both energy and fertilizer in Nepal. Manure waste produced from livestock farming is turned into biogas at some of the larger cattle farms. Although the technology has been used at a domestic scale for about 30 years for families to generate energy from waste for cooking, it is only recently that the government and industry in Nepal have shown an interest in scaling up the technology to a commercial/industrial scale. The use of manure from small cattle farms and from most poultry farms is also used to produce fertilizer for crops.
Climate and Environmental News
Many of the local and online newspapers in Nepal have regular articles about environmental issues. Here are links to some of these newspapers and their coverage of environmental news from Nepal. For example, check out the following links:
https://kathmandupost.com/climate-environment
https://www.nepalitimes.com/tag/environment
How Climate Change Impacts Animal Health -International Veterinary Outreach (IVO)
"Climate change has significant impacts on animal health, with a wide range of species affected by changes in temperature, precipitation, and other weather patterns. As temperatures rise, animals are more susceptible to heat stress, which can lead to health problems including decreased growth and reproduction, reduced immunity to disease, and increased susceptibility to parasites and pathogens....Climate change also leads to habitat degradation and loss, along with critical ecosystem changes that have spiraling effects. These impacts can engender further negative consequences, creating feedback loops that continue to worsen circumstances. In the wake of these large-scale shifts, many species are left at risk for deteriorating health and extinction."
One Health Journal of Nepal
One Health Journal of Nepal
The One Health Journal of Nepal is an Open Access online journal which publishes original research articles, reviews/mini-reviews, short articles and guest edited single topic issues in the field of public health, animal health and environment health. It is an official publication of One Health Research and Training Center (OHRTC).
What is Climate Change?
From United Nations Climate Action:
"Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Such shifts can be natural, due to changes in the sun’s activity or large volcanic eruptions. But since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas. Burning fossil fuels generates greenhouse gas emissions that act like a blanket wrapped around the Earth, trapping the sun’s heat and raising temperatures".
Impacts of Climate Change on Nepal
Trekking in the time of climate change
Himalayan tourism now has to be prepared for more frequent extreme weather events
The Link Between Animal Law and Environmental Law
Climate Change and the Voiceless
A webinar from Dec. 28, 2020: THE GREEN ROOM (Episode 8): Climate Change and the Voiceless with Randall Abate:
In this context "The Voiceless" refers to those that are not able to represent their own interests under the law who share a common vulnerability such as youth that are not yet able to vote and the unborn, and wildlife and natural resources. They share a common vulnerability of not being able to represent their interest in the legal system and therefore they need human guardians and advocates to step in to protect their interests, to account for their concerns because they're not able to participate on their own behalf."
Environmental News
Refuse, recycle, reuse, repurpose plastic- Nepali Times June 5, 2022
Instead of just complaining about garbage, an organisation is recycling plastic waste in Kathmandu and Bharatpur
Nepali Documentary "Wildfire" Receives International Award at Film Festival
Samson Film Production - Film by Shyam Karki
Himalayan tourism now has to be prepared for more frequent extreme weather events
Himalayan tourism now has to be prepared for more frequent extreme weather events
Trekking in the time of climate change