Can carbon footprint serve as an indicator of the environmental impact of meat production?

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 573-581

  Röös, Elin ^a   Sundberg, Cecilia ^a   Tidåker, Pernilla ^a   Strid, Ingrid ^a   Hansson, Per Anders ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Life cycle assessment; Meat production

Indexed keywords

BEEF PRODUCTION; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY USE; ENTERIC FERMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS; FOOTPRINTING; GHG EMISSION; GHG MITIGATION; INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MEAT PRODUCTION; MONOCROPPING; MONOGASTRIC ANIMALS; NITROUS OXIDE; PRIMARY ENERGY USE;

ACIDIFICATION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; MEATS; NITROGEN OXIDES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CARBON EMISSION; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MEAT; NITROUS OXIDE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84865959940     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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