Towards a methodology for taking physical degradation of ecosystems into account in LCA

Blonk, Hans; Lindeijer, Erwin; Broers, Joris

doi:10.1007/bf02978766

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“…As impacts depend both on the type of land use (type of coverage and intensity of use) and on bio-geographical conditions [9] (type of biome), characterisation factors should be calculated for all these cases [7,14,19]. As seen previously (sections 2.2 and 2.3), these factors depend on the type of damage assessed.…”

Section: Main Methods Of Impact Assessment For Land Usementioning

confidence: 99%

“…We will detail EcoIndicator99 [14] and ReCiPe-endpoint [7] methods, within the main methods of land use impact assessment used in LCA. The ecological damages of land use activities on biodiversity have been quantitatively analysed thanks to cause-effect chains modelling [19].…”

Section: Main Methods Of Impact Assessment For Land Usementioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is also possible to consider the reference as the new steady state expected after a relaxation time. It can be an actual regional [14,15] or a historical reference [6]. This choice of reference is depending on data availability but is also subjective.…”

Section: Framework: Land Use As a Support Of Ecosystem Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Definition of biodiversity is very large [17], with more than 70 possible biodiversity indicators [18]). Species richness (SR) is the most commonly used in LCA, for vascular plants [8,10,14,19,20,21] or other taxons [22]. SR is a debatable indicator, not giving a particular value to species indigenous, endemic, invasive alien, rare, endangered or key species.…”

Section: Choice Of Impact Pathways and Corresponding Indicatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Review on Land Use Considerations in Life Cycle Assessment: Methodological Perspectives for Marine Ecosystems

Langlois¹,

Hélias²,

Delgenès³

et al. 2011

Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Management

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Land use within the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology deals with the impacts on the environment of occupation and transformation of a piece of land for human activities. Land quality can be altered in its ability to ensure ecosystem services. The present article reviews the different methods used to assess land use impacts on ecosystem quality during life cycle impact assessment (LCIA). Details are provided on the choice of the reference state, areas of protection, indicators and methods which can be used for the assessment. Then the study focuses on the different methodological aspects which need to be investigated to take into account impacts on marine ecosystems marine use in LCA, based on the terrestrial methodological framework previously detailed.

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Section: Main Methods Of Impact Assessment For Land Usementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Main Methods Of Impact Assessment For Land Usementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Framework: Land Use As a Support Of Ecosystem Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Choice Of Impact Pathways and Corresponding Indicatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Review on Land Use Considerations in Life Cycle Assessment: Methodological Perspectives for Marine Ecosystems

Langlois¹,

Hélias²,

Delgenès³

et al. 2011

Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Management

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“…Potential desertification variables are determined by evaluating the impact of possible environmental effects (Núñez et al, 2010). As the quality of the areas useis affected by many complicated factors, several suggestions recommend the separation of the different ecosystems, using a variety of indicators (Heijungs et al 1992;Steen and Ryding 1993;Blonk et al 1997;Cowell and Clift 2000;Mattsson et al 2000).These approaches enable a variety of technical indicators to be determined for the identification of potential desertification.…”

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Integration of a socio-economic dimension to the prioritization of combating erosion applications: Antalya case study

Coşgun¹

2017

JEB

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Aim: Methodology:Results: Interpretation:The objective of this study was to prioritize the regions in Antalya by taking into consideration the factors causing erosion and desertification.Materials used in the study include technical factors, such as soil depth, inclination spectrum, land use types and forest stand productivity, as well asvarious socio-economic factors like proportion of forest village populations, coverage of agricultural fields, number of ovine and cattle, coverage of pastures, intensity of grazing, socio-economic development values, educational level, employment state and forest crimes. The data set obtained from those technical and socio-economic materials was assessed using multivariate analyses techniques.The towns in Antalya have been sequenced according the priorities in erosion prevention studies and the approach to be taken on the appropriate erosion prevention investment was assessed by evaluating how the resources could rationally be used and which regions should be prioritized.The technical and socio-economic indicators established by this study have resulted in the identification of factors that can be used to select the priority areas. Based on the districts of Antalya, Gazipaşa, Kumluca, Finike and Gündoğmuş districts are placed in one group within the scope of the study, in order to prioritize the areas of activity for combating desertification and erosion. The districts of Elmalı and Serik are placed in another group, while the districts of Kaş, Manavgat and Korkuteli are in yet another group. The Central District of Antalya comprise a group of its own. These groups should be taken into consideration when implementing activities for the rational use of resources.

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Addressing biodiversity impacts of land use in life cycle assessment of forest biomass harvesting

Gaudreault

Wigley

Margni

et al. 2016

WIREs Energy & Environment

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Forests are an increasingly important source of feedstock for bioenergy as global efforts to mitigate atmospheric CO2 concentrations increase. In keeping with the principles of sustainable forest management, it is important that feedstock procurement not have negative impacts on the environment, including biodiversity. Impacts of land use, including forest management, can be evaluated along all stages in the production of these goods and services, using life cycle assessment (LCA), which is a potentially powerful tool for organizing and evaluating the impacts of production. There is growing recognition of the need to integrate land‐use impacts into LCA for forest products such as bioenergy, especially on biodiversity. Integrating quantitative indicators of biodiversity into LCAs of biomass production systems is particularly challenging because biodiversity is a multidimensional concept that can never be fully represented by a single number, and yet many proposed approaches rely on this. Reliance on a single metric oversimplifies ‘biodiversity’ and might lead to inappropriate conclusions on local land management practices. LCA is not suited to providing reliable site‐specific assessment of forest product systems in regard to the complexities of biodiversity. Nevertheless, the global and comprehensive nature of LCA makes it a useful tool for preventing a shift in environmental problems or burdens across the value chain because of local land management decisions. In this context, complementary site‐specific and/or regional studies or analyses may help mitigate against inaccurate conclusions being drawn from LCA. WIREs Energy Environ 2016, 5:670–683. doi: 10.1002/wene.211 This article is categorized under: Bioenergy > Climate and Environment Energy and Development > Climate and Environment

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Towards a methodology for taking physical degradation of ecosystems into account in LCA

Cited by 27 publications

References 3 publications

Review on Land Use Considerations in Life Cycle Assessment: Methodological Perspectives for Marine Ecosystems

Review on Land Use Considerations in Life Cycle Assessment: Methodological Perspectives for Marine Ecosystems

Integration of a socio-economic dimension to the prioritization of combating erosion applications: Antalya case study

Addressing biodiversity impacts of land use in life cycle assessment of forest biomass harvesting

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