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LEAD-Announce-L is the main dissemination list of the LEAD (Livestock, Environment And Development) Anglophone platform.

The purpose of this list is to distribute general announcements about Livestock, Environment and Development issues. Members of this LEAD list will receive information on current news and events, latest studies and publications, activities of the LEAD initiative, upcoming seminars and conferences on the livestock and environment subjects: Wildlife/Biodiversity, Deforestation, Involution of farming systems, Industrial pollution, Global environmental effects, Land degradation.

Every 3 months a newsletter focussing on LEAD relevant issues will be distributed among the members of this List.

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Livestock, Environment and Development (LEAD) Initiative
Welcome to the LEAD General Public Announcements List. Finding a balance between the fast growing demand for animal products and the need to sustain the natural resource base of land, water, air and biological diversity is one of today's most crucial agricultural dilemmas. Focussing on livestock production, which often has been associated with important negative environmental effects, the work of the Livestock, Environment and Development (LEAD) Initiative centres on how to alleviate the negative and enhance the positive impact of livestock on the environment and thereby contribute to sustainable use of the natural resource base. The purpose of this list is to post LEAD general announcements to its members. [...]"

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