Queensland has now produced a landmark report that shows ２０
years of satellite monitoring of tree clearing. If you look at
the average, ９１％ of all tree clearing has been clearing for
livestock. Greetings, eco-conscious viewers, and welcome to
Planet Earth: Our Loving Home. On this week’s program Australian
scientists Gerard Bisshop and Dr. Clive McAlpine will discuss
the severe environmental damage inflicted by livestock raising
on our world, most notably deforestation and climate change. Mr.
Bisshop recently retired from a position as a remote-sensing
scientist with the Statewide Land-cover and Trees Study (SLATS)
group mapping vegetation cover and tree-clearing rates across
the state of Queensland, Australia. The group has published a
landmark report tracing ２０ years of deforestation in Queensland.
In addition to his work on the SLATS report, Mr. Bisshop
recently co-wrote a paper on the extremely harmful environmental
and climatic effects of livestock grazing. The study will be
presented at the Biennial Con