Using the available indicators of potential biodiversity damage for Life Cycle Assessment on soybean crop according to Brazilian ecoregions

Lucas, Kássio Ricardo Garcia; Antón, Assumpció; Ventura, Maurício Ursi; Andrade, Edilene Pereira; Ralisch, Ricardo

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107809

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“…Lucas et al [ 33 ] carried out LCA on soybean based on the potential biodiversity damage index ( BD ) in a different ecoregion ( j ) of Brazil and assessed the biodiversity damage of 804 terrestrial ecoregions in five different land use ( i ) types (managed forest, plantation, pasture, arable land, and city). The potential biodiversity damage is calculated by multiplying Characterization Factors ( CFs ) [ 34 ] and the total crop area ( A i,j , m 2 ) as follows:

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Section: Environmental Impact Assessment (Eia) Index System Of Agricu...mentioning

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Life Cycle Assessment on Agricultural Production: A Mini Review on Methodology, Application, and Challenges

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Liu

Xie

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Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an effective tool for the quantitative evaluation and analysis of agricultural materials production and operation activities in various stages of the agricultural system. Based on the concept of life cycle, it comprehensively summarizes the impact of agriculture on the environment, which is an effective tool to promote the sustainability and green development of agriculture. In recent years, agricultural LCA has been widely used in the agroecosystem for resource and environmental impacts analysis. However, some challenges still exist in agricultural LCA, i.e., the environmental impact assessment index system needs to be improved; its application in different production mode is limited; and combination research with other models needs more attention. This paper discusses the above-mentioned challenges and recommends research priorities for both scientific development and improvements in practical implementation. In summary, further research is needed to construct a regional heterogeneity database and develop innovated methodologies to develop more meaningful functional units for agricultural products to complement LCA by other models. These efforts will make agricultural LCA more robust and effective in environmental impacts assessment to support decision making from individual farm to regional or (inter)national for the sustainable future of agriculture.

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Section: Environmental Impact Assessment (Eia) Index System Of Agricu...mentioning

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Life Cycle Assessment on Agricultural Production: A Mini Review on Methodology, Application, and Challenges

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“…For example, livestock grazing results in the removal of biomass, trampling, and replacement of wild animals by livestock (Alkemade et al, 2013). The production of soybean in Brazil has resulted in biodiversity damage to mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and plants (Garcia Lucas et al, 2021). Nitrogen addition to N‐limited grasslands improves productivity but decreases biodiversity that can last for decades despite decreases in soil nitrate after cessation of nitrogen addition (Isbell et al, 2013).…”

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Sustainable development in circular agriculture: An illustrative bee↺legume↺poultry example

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Circular economic principals of production are based on material flows through the system with minimum external inputs, recycling of resources, generating minimum waste, emissions, or pollution. Agriculture presents a major opportunity for the utilization of wastes, by-products and co-products in the development of a circular economy via the design of circular agricultural production systems and the creation of new sustainable value chains. The present work outlines an illustrative example of a

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“…O avanço da produção agrícola do Brasil intensificou-se a partir de 1990 (Lucas et al, 2021). No levantamento de acompanhamento da safra brasileira, realizado pela Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (CONAB, 2021), indica que a safra de soja 2020/21 garantiu ao Brasil o título de maior produtor e exportador de grãos de soja do mundo ( Silva et al, 2021), tendo o estado do Mato Grosso (MT) como maior produtor nacional (EMBRAPA, 2021).…”

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“…Como resultado, Chaudhary e Brooks (2019) identificaram a partir desse indicador que o Brasil se encontra no nível mais crítico de degradação da biodiversidade. Inclusive, o estudo apresentado por Lucas et al (2021) também se atenta aos riscos ambientais que o crescimento em larga escala da produção de grãos de soja pode ocasionar, assim, busca através do indicador de potenciais danos à biodiversidade ocasionado pela cultura da soja, relacionar as dinâmicas da expansão agrícola em função dos impactos na biodiversidade das regiões onde ocorre intenso crescimento desta atividade agrícola. Assim, o monitoramento da expansão agrícola é fundamental para subsidiar políticas de conservação específicas para conter os danos e riscos ambientais que a exploração das commodities ocasiona (Song et al, 2021).…”

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Land use and cover change caused by the expansion of soybean production in Sorriso - MT, Brazil (1990-2020)

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Miranda²

2021

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The process of agricultural expansion has been a risk to native forests around the world. Brazil is the largest producer of soybeans in the world. Sorriso, a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso (Midwest), is known as the capital of Brazilian agribusiness and is located between the Amazon and Cerrado biomes. In view of this, the study aims to analyze the relationship between the growth of soybean cultivation and forest degradation. For this purpose, Landsat images reclassified by the MapBiomas project were obtained, which identify the class of land use and land cover in the years 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2020. The results of land use and land cover changes designate an increase in the presence of soybean, which in 1990 was 11.7%, while in 2020 was 61.8%. Still, when analyzing the changes in the forest, it is identified that the presence of 71.3% in 1990, goes to 30.3% in 2020. The correlation coefficient indicated strong inversely proportional relationship, between forest and soybean classes. The results of this study are important for monitoring biodiversity conservation.

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Using the available indicators of potential biodiversity damage for Life Cycle Assessment on soybean crop according to Brazilian ecoregions

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

Life Cycle Assessment on Agricultural Production: A Mini Review on Methodology, Application, and Challenges

Life Cycle Assessment on Agricultural Production: A Mini Review on Methodology, Application, and Challenges

Sustainable development in circular agriculture: An illustrative bee↺legume↺poultry example

Land use and cover change caused by the expansion of soybean production in Sorriso - MT, Brazil (1990-2020)

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