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| Erb, Karl-Heinz; Lauk, Christian; Kastner, Thomas; Mayer, Andreas; Theurl, Michaela C.; Haberl, Helmut. |
| Safeguarding the world’s remaining forests is a high priority goal. We assess the biophysical option space for feeding the world in 2050 in a hypothetical zero deforestation world. We systematically combine realistic assumptions on future yields, agricultural areas, livestock feed and human diets. For each scenario, we determine whether the supply of crop products meets the demand and whether the grazing intensity stays within plausible limits. We find that many options exist to meet the global food supply in 2050 without deforestation, even at low crop-yield levels. Within the option space, individual scenarios differ greatly in terms of biomass harvest, cropland demand and grazing intensity, depending primarily on the quantitative and qualitative aspects... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Community development "Organics" in general Recycling; Balancing and resource management Biodiversity and ecosystem services. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/30058/1/erb-etal-2016-NatureCommunication-7-11382-p1-9.pdf |
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| Geier, Vanessa; Meier, Matthias; Köpke, Ulrich. |
| During the last years the demand and use of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for calculating and comparing the ecological impacts of agricultural products has increased. However, within LCA important environmental impacts of agriculture, for instance biodiversity, soil quality or animal welfare are considered inadequately or stay unaccounted. In the case of biodiversity agriculture is considered as the main driver for the worldwide biodiversity loss. Thus, biodiversity cannot be neglected in future agricultural LCAs. Even though there is no widely accepted approach yet, a lot of research has been undertaken to solve the question how biodiversity can be assessed in the LCA framework. Within a literature review eleven studies with biodiversity assessment... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Recycling; Balancing and resource management Biodiversity and ecosystem services. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/21647/1/21647_geier.pdf |
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| Andres, Christian; Bhullar, Gurbir S.. |
| Rapid population growth, increasingly complex economies and novel industrial uses of agricultural products call for further intensification of agriculture, particularly in the tropics. How to achieve sustainable intensification of food production systems in tropical regions that are challenged by ongoing climate change, loss of natural resources and biodiversity is a matter of debate. Here we highlight the major knowledge gaps in agricultural research and policy that must be addressed to develop adequate governance and regulatory frameworks for sustainable agricultural intensification. They include quantification of the (i) value of (public/private) goods generated by ecosystem services, (ii) costs to conserve the natural resources and biodiversity that... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Recycling; Balancing and resource management Biodiversity and ecosystem services. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/29722/1/andres-bhullar-2016-fenvs-04-00005.pdf |
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