Essays about: "indirect land use changes"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words indirect land use changes.

  1. 1. Modelling the effects of substituting pollinators in decline

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematik LTH

    Author : Axel Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : pollinators; plants; mutualism; competition; equilibrium populations; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : While pollination is essential for many plant species and ecosystem functions, pollinator populations worldwide are declining. This decline is largely due to abiotic changes in the environment: climate change and other anthropogenic impacts, such as pesticides and land use change. READ MORE

  3. 2. Trade-induced Environmental Impacts Connected to a Policy Promoting Agricultural Biofuels in Sweden; A sensitivity analysis on an Agent-based Life Cycle Assessment

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC)

    Author : Fanny Elfgren; [2023]
    Keywords : AB-LCA; Life Cycle Assessment; Energy crops; Trade; Import; Biofuel; Sensitivity Analysis; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The demand for biofuels is increasing as a result of increased climate mitigation ambitions aiming to replace the use of fossil fuels. To meet the increasing demand, energy crops grown on agricultural land used to produce biofuels is getting more and more attention. READ MORE

  4. 3. Increasing forest mortality and its drivers: Simulating central European forests under climate change

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Marieke Scheel; [2021]
    Keywords : forest mortality; central Europe; competition; CO2; temperature; precipitation; DVM; LPJ-GUESS; simulation; reproducing data; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Increasing tree growth and mortality rates in Europe are still poorly understood and have been attributed to a variety of drivers. This study aimed to relate increasing forest mortality rates in six central European countries to climate drivers (CO2 concentration, temperature and precipitation) from 1985-2015, using a process-based vegetation model. READ MORE

  5. 4. Bladyta och virkesproduktion i fullskiktad granskog skött med blädningsbruk

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Elin Edman; [2019]
    Keywords : bladyteindex; gran; blädningsbruk; ljusinsläpp; virkesproduktion; hyggesfritt skogsbruk; Leaf Area Index; Norway spruce; single-tree selection system; light penetration; volume growth; continous cover forestry;

    Abstract : I dagens samhälle har klimatförändringarna tagit en allt större plats i den politiska debatten, vilket har resulterat i att det numera är många olika värden som är viktiga att ta hänsyn till i skogsbruket förutom virkesproduktion. Samhället vill ha en större variation inom skogsskötseln och en ökad användning av hyggesfria skötselmetoder. READ MORE

  6. 5. Climate impacts of land use in LCA : elaboration of criteria for satisfactory methods

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

    Author : Rickard Almers; [2015]
    Keywords : life cycle assessment; carbon footprint; ILUC; indirect land use changes; land occupation; albedo; climate impact indicator;

    Abstract : INTRODUCTION LCA is a widely used tool for assessing the environmental impacts of products. However, despite the large importance of land use for atmospheric CO2-levels there is still no consensus on how to include the climate impact of land use in LCA and results vary up to several hundred percent depending on method. READ MORE