Table 1 Included area, total AGB and the production of milk and meat across sensitivity checks A to G and the scenario of grassland-based dairy in Europe and North America
From: An exploration of biodiversity limits to grazing ruminant milk and meat production
Baseline | Grazing areas | Grazing intensity | Historical legacy | Herd structure and productivity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reforestation of all areas in forest biomes (A) | No restoration from reintroduced low-intensity grazing (B) | Low-intensity grazing on all HYDE grazing areas (C) | 20% biomass removal (D) | No grazing in arid areas and 20% biomass removal in temperate areas (F) | Historical land use comparing to the year 1800 (E) | Historical land use comparing to the year 1500 (G) | Introduction of grassland-based milk production in all of Europe and North America (H) | ||
Area (million km2) | 23.2 | 21.7 | 21. 8 | 32.3 | 23.2 | 10.5 | 25.2 | 23.0 | 23.2 |
AGB (Gt) | 2.51 | 2.31 | 2.29 | 4.24 | 2.51 | 1.80 | 2.87 | 2.50 | 2.51 |
Meat (Mt SW) | 6.2 (28%) | 5.8 (26%) | 5.8 (26%) | 10.2 (45%) | 12.4 (56%) | 8.9 (31%) | 7.0 (40%) | 6.2 (28%) | 6.0 (27%) |
Milk (Mt) | 17.1 (9%) | 16.1 (9%) | 16.2 (9%) | 28.9 (16%) | 34.1 (19%) | 24.2 (11%) | 19.6 (13%) | 17.2 (9%) | 29.8 (16%) |
