Environmental policy, agri-environmental indicators and landscape indicators

Piorr, Hans-Peter

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“…They can provide an early warning, sounding the alarm in time to prevent economic, social and environmental damage. In recent years, the concept of "sustainability indicators" has become prominent also in agricultural science (Bockstaller et al, 2009;Piorr, 2003). The idea is that particular characteristics of resources and agro-system management are being monitored and recorded, with the intention that this information serves as an aid for decision-making by farmers and/or policy-makers on the local, regional, national or international levels.…”

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Optimal set of agri-environmental indicators for the agricultural sector of Czech Republic

Hřebíček¹,

Trenz²,

Vernerová³

2013

Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun.

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Section: Agri-environmental Indicators Corporate Performance Econommentioning

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Optimal set of agri-environmental indicators for the agricultural sector of Czech Republic

Hřebíček¹,

Trenz²,

Vernerová³

2013

Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun.

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“…Other projects have assessed environmental health or biodiversity and ecosystem services at watershed, regional or global scale (e.g. Piorr 2003, Chan et al 2006, Esty et al 2006, USDA CEAP, Nelson et al 2009, Floridi et al 2011. Although these larger-scale measurements are of value to governments and policy makers, they are not effective tools for individual landowners because of the broad spatial and temporal scales over which they measure.…”

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A farm-scale biodiversity and ecosystem services assessment tool: the healthy farm index

Quinn

Brandle

Johnson

2012

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

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This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Natural Resources, School of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska -Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Papers in Natural Resources by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska -Lincoln.Quinn, John E.; Brandle, James R.; and Johnson, Ron J., "A farm-scale biodiversity and ecosystem services assessment tool: The healthy farm index" (2013 AbstractFarm management focused on maximizing biomass production results in biological simplification and ultimately a degraded production potential for the future. Despite the large and growing body of evidence pointing to the need to restore biodiversity to farm systems, incorporation of biodiversity and ecosystem services into local agricultural land use decision-making remains limited. The lack of planned and associated biodiversity may reduce resiliency of local managed ecosystems and add management costs; however, the tradeoff for individual landowners of greater diversity is increased management complexity and uncertainty. To assist farmers in managing biodiversity and to encourage ecological thinking, we developed the Healthy Farm Index, a farm-scale tool that complements existing farm assessment tools by integrating multiple metrics and outputs suitable for applied decision-making and annual evaluation. In this article, we describe the impetus for the index development and the structure of the index and through a case study apply the index and discuss its varied outputs and applications.

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“…Posibles restricciones en la aplicación de indicadores (17). Esta dimensión considera la tipología y definición de los indicadores que se consideran clave en este estudio para el comportamiento sostenible.…”

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Establecimiento de indicadores de sostenibilidad para entornos degradados: el Valle minero de Laciana (León, España)

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Persona de contacto/Corresponding author: justo.gnavarro@upm.es (J. García Navarro) La interacción entre los edificios, el medio ambiente y su entorno socioeconómico, así como los impactos que resultan de la misma es algo tan complejo como el propio proceso constructivo. Un análisis riguroso de las afecciones producidas por la actividad edificatoria debe tener en cuenta el ciclo de vida completo, tanto del edificio como de sus productos y componentes. En cada fase, el impacto se produce en todos los niveles; desde un nivel local, como por ejemplo la huella que produce una cantera, a un nivel global, como las emisiones de dióxido de carbono producido por el consumo de combustible para el acondicionamiento de los recintos. Por ello, para un mismo impacto, se trabaja con diferentes escalas.El establecimiento de un sistema de indicadores se ha configurado en los últimos años como un método de evaluación común de un producto, proceso o actividad. No obstante, el proceso constructivo presenta singularidades que es necesario considerar.En el marco del proyecto de investigación del Plan Nacional I+D+i 2004-2007 "Modelo de construcción sostenible para la recuperación y protección de zonas medioambientalmente degradadas o frágiles: el Valle de Laciana" (BIA 2004-7654), se ha desarrollado un modelo de intervención para construcciones, infraestructuras y su entorno, desde criterios de sostenibilidad. En este artículo, se exponen los resultados alcanzados sobre la aplicabilidad de indicadores y las consideraciones a tener en cuenta en su selección para la evaluación de elementos en general, y de edificios en particular.

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Environmental policy, agri-environmental indicators and landscape indicators

Cited by 156 publications

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Optimal set of agri-environmental indicators for the agricultural sector of Czech Republic

Optimal set of agri-environmental indicators for the agricultural sector of Czech Republic

A farm-scale biodiversity and ecosystem services assessment tool: the healthy farm index

Establecimiento de indicadores de sostenibilidad para entornos degradados: el Valle minero de Laciana (León, España)

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