The challenges of including impacts on biodiversity in agricultural life cycle assessments

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 181, Issue , 2016, Pages 249-260

  Gabel, Vanessa M ^a,b   Meier, Matthias S ^a   Köpke, Ulrich ^b   Stolze, Matthias ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biodiversity; Fuctional unit; Indicators; Life cycle impact assessment; Reference condition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; LIFE CYCLE;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; BIODIVERSITY LOSS; FUCTIONAL UNIT; GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LIFECYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; REFERENCE CONDITION; RESEARCH LIFE CYCLES;

BIODIVERSITY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FARMING SYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; AWARENESS; BIODIVERSITY; DRIVER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENT; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84976586500     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.06.030     Document Type: Review

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