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  "sources": [],
  "title": "Reducing climate impacts of beef production: a synthesis of life cycle assessments across management systems and global regions",
  "url": "https://thebalanceofhealth.com/sources/cusack-2021-reducing-climate-impacts-of-beef-production",
  "publisher": "The Balance of Health",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "record": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "id": "src-cusack-2021-grazing",
    "slug": "cusack-2021-reducing-climate-impacts-of-beef-production",
    "title": "Reducing climate impacts of beef production: a synthesis of life cycle assessments across management systems and global regions",
    "authors": [
      "Daniela Cusack",
      "et al."
    ],
    "publication": "Global Change Biology",
    "year": 2021,
    "doi": "10.1111/gcb.15509",
    "url": "https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15509",
    "sourceType": "peer-reviewed-study",
    "studyType": "meta-analysis",
    "topicIds": [
      "climate",
      "land-use"
    ],
    "pillarIds": [
      "environment"
    ],
    "geography": "Global",
    "keyFindings": [
      "Across 292 local comparisons, carbon-sequestration management reduced net beef GHG by 46% on average; efficiency strategies reduced it by 8%. Net-zero outcomes occurred in 2% of studies."
    ],
    "supportsClaimIds": [
      "claim-grass-fed-beef-still-high-impact"
    ],
    "challengesClaimIds": [],
    "limitations": [
      "Soil carbon gains are site-specific, saturate over time and can reverse."
    ],
    "quality": "moderate"
  }
}