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| Schader, C.; Drapela, T.; Markut, T.; Meier, M. S.; Lindenthal, T.; Hörtenhuber, S.; Pfiffner, L.. |
| The novel method developed for this study evaluates the impact of farming practices on farmland biodiversity, allowing for the assessment of the biodiversity potential of dairy farms at farm and product levels. We linked farming practices as pressure indicators to the species number and abundance of 11 indicator species groups (ISGs), evaluated semi-quantitatively by expert judgements. We calculated biodiversity potential based on food–web relationships between the ISGs, using Monte Carlo simulations for the analysis of uncertainty of expert assessments. We applied the assessment model to 8925 dairy farms from seven different Austrian regions, using official statistical data sets at farm level and interviews with farmers and experts. The results show that... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Dairy cattle; Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Austria. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/29550/1/Schader-etal-2014-Biodiversity_assessment_model.pdf |
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| Schader, C.; Grenz, J.; Meier, M. S.; Stolze, M.. |
| With sustainability within food systems becoming an increasingly important issue, several approaches that claim to assess the sustainability of farms, farming systems, and supply chains have been developed. Looking more closely at these sustainability impact assessment approaches, we discerned considerable differences between them in terms of scope, the level of assessment, and the precision of indicators used for impact assessment. Our aim was to classify and analyze a range of available sustainability impact assessment approaches with respect to scope and precision. From a total of 35 sustainability assessment approaches, we selected 6 for a detailed comparison. From our analysis, we concluded that there are 3 different types of trade-offs in these... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Policy environments and social economy; Produce chain management. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/29546/1/Schader_et_al_2014_SustainabilityAssessment.pdf |
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