Less land clearing sees red meat emissions reduction

Australia has had extraordinarily high levels of deforestation for years, the ACF says. (HANDOUT/ACF)

Lower rates of agricultural land clearing have contributed to a 78 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas from the red meat sector according to a new report from Australia's national science agency, CSIRO.

Based on the latest 2021 data from the Australian National Greenhouse Gas Inventory, net greenhouse gas emissions from the sector were 31 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.