Sentences with phrase «like cattle operations»

But about 60 percent of methane added to the atmosphere annually comes from human activities, specifically farming sources, like cattle operations and rice paddies.

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Dr. Nepstad says that landowners in the Amazon — especially those with fire - sensitive investments like orchards, intensive - cattle operations, and managed timber harvesting — are curtailing the use of fire as a land - management tool, reducing the incidence of fires that escape into neighboring forest areas.