New report finds Britons reducing meat intake could help protect over 500 species in UK

Approximately 500 UK species could be protected if less meat eaten by Britons.

United Kingdom-based non-profit the Food Foundation, dedicated to promoting a sustainable and healthy diet for all, published a new report in April 2022 predicting that by reducing red meat intake by 5.5 grams and replacing it with a handful of vegetables each day, as many as 536 species could increase their habitable areas by more than 10%. The report projects that under such a scenario, 27% of the land currently used for raising animal-people for food could be utilized to foster biodiversity. However, a failure to address effective land use could result in 626 species losing habitable areas given the increasing severity of climate change.