{"id":1976,"date":"2016-06-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2018\/02\/01\/innovation-anthology-789\/"},"modified":"2018-05-10T19:59:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T19:59:47","slug":"innovation-anthology-789","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2016\/06\/14\/innovation-anthology-789\/","title":{"rendered":"#789: Beef &#038; Biodiversity: Environmental Indicators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/innovationanthology.com\/uploads\/Innovation Anthology 789.mp3\">Download MP3 Link<\/a><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Arial;\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073711037 9 0 511 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\n\tpanose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;\n\tmso-font-charset:128;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:roman;\n\tmso-font-format:other;\n\tmso-font-pitch:fixed;\n\tmso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\n\tpanose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;\n\tmso-font-charset:128;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:roman;\n\tmso-font-format:other;\n\tmso-font-pitch:fixed;\n\tmso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Cambria;\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073741899 0 0 159 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-unhide:no;\n\tmso-style-qformat:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0cm;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-ansi-language:EN-US;\n\tmso-fareast-language:JA;}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tmso-default-props:yes;\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\n\tmso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;\n\tmso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;\n\tmargin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;\n\tmso-header-margin:36.0pt;\n\tmso-footer-margin:36.0pt;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:\nArial\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:\nArial\"><\/span>Cattle grazing and beef production take up about 9 million hectares of land in Alberta. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cattle contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. &nbsp;They can trample stream beds If not fenced.<\/p>\n<p>But ranching can also support higher biodiversity, and enhance habitat for species like the burrowing owl<\/p>\n<p>Dr.  Danielle Maia de Souza is one of many researchers involved in a project  to determine the impact beef production has &nbsp;on the biodiversity of  plants and animals in Alberta<br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/>DR DANIELLE MAIA DE SOUZA:<\/span> &nbsp; <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Our  idea is that we are going to take a look at different land uses and land  covers, &nbsp;we are going to have different measurements of biodiversity on  that type of &nbsp;land. &nbsp;And also information specific from the beef  industry. &nbsp;So to say how many heads of cattle are grazing that land? 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