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China's move to higher-meat diet hits water security [1]

Your Editorial 'A fresh approach to water' (Nature 452, 253; 2008) points out that the world's looming water crisis is driven by climate change, population growth and economic development. In China, changing food-consumption patterns are the main cause of the worsening water scarcity. If other developing countries follow China's trend towards protein-rich Western diets, the global water shortage will become still more severe. (Correspondence)

Publication Date: 
24/07/2008
Junguo Liu [2], Hong Yang [3], H. H. G. Savenije [4]
Nature [5]
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Animal Products [6], Water Resources [7], Water Demand [8], Consumption Patterns [9], China [10]
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