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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Report of the UNEP/RIVM/PE Workshop on Global and Regional Modeling of Food Production and Land Use and the Long-term Impact of Degradation of Land and Water Resources, Bilthoven, the Netherlands, 20-22 May 1996
Author: Report of the UNEP/RIVM/PE Workshop on Global and Regional Modeling of Food Production and Land Use and the Long-term Impact of Degradation of Land and Water Resouces, Bilthoven, the Netherlands, 20-22 May 1996
Author: Report of the UNEP/RIVM/PE Workshop on Global and Regional Modeling of Food Production and Land Use and the Long-term Impact of Degradation of Land and Water Resources
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Category : Agricultural ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Integrated modelling of consequences of degradation of land and water is receiving more and more attention from both policy and science communities. This publication reviews the performance of models for exploring future land use changes at global and regional levels and considers the relevance of model outputs to policy makers. Major socio-economic driving forces and agricultural production potentials, environmental quality and degradation of soil and water were taken into account. The nine studies discussed by specialists on key themes and policy-advisors were presented by their developers.
The Future of the Global Environment
Author: United Nations Environment ProgrammePublisher: Incumbent
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Environment in Print
Author: United Nations Environment ProgrammePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
HMSO Agency Catalogue
Author: Great Britain. Her Majesty's Stationery OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : International agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Ecosystems and Human Well-being
Author: Joseph AlcamoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Ecosystems and Human Well-Being is the first product of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a four-year international work program designed to meet the needs of decisionmakers for scientific information on the links between ecosystem change and human well-being. The book offers an overview of the project, describing the conceptual framework that is being used, defining its scope, and providing a baseline of understanding that all participants need to move forward. The Millennium Assessment focuses on how humans have altered ecosystems, and how changes in ecosystem services have affected human well-being, how ecosystem changes may affect people in future decades, and what types of responses can be adopted at local, national, or global scales to improve ecosystem management and thereby contribute to human well-being and poverty alleviation. The program was launched by United National Secretary-General Kofi Annan in June 2001, and the primary assessment reports will be released by Island Press in 2005. Leading scientists from more than 100 nations are conducting the assessment, which can aid countries, regions, or companies by: providing a clear, scientific picture of the current sta
Assessing Sustainable Development
Author: Péter HardiPublisher: International Institute for Sustainable Development = Institut international du développement durable
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The Environmental Food Crisis
Author: United Nations Environment ProgrammePublisher: UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN: 9788277010540
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
This document analyzes the state of world food. The three first chapters explain the world food crisis, demand, need and supply. The two following chapters highlight the impacts of environmental degradation on yield and the impacts of expansion of food production on biodiversity and ecosystems. The solutions are explained in two chapters with detailed description of the seven sustainable options for increasing food security.
Life Cycle Impact Assessment
Author: Michael Z. HauschildPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9401797447
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
This book offers a detailed presentation of the principles and practice of life cycle impact assessment. As a volume of the LCA compendium, the book is structured according to the LCIA framework developed by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO)passing through the phases of definition or selection of impact categories, category indicators and characterisation models (Classification): calculation of category indicator results (Characterisation); calculating the magnitude of category indicator results relative to reference information (Normalisation); and converting indicator results of different impact categories by using numerical factors based on value-choices (Weighting). Chapter one offers a historical overview of the development of life cycle impact assessment and presents the boundary conditions and the general principles and constraints of characterisation modelling in LCA. The second chapter outlines the considerations underlying the selection of impact categories and the classification or assignment of inventory flows into these categories. Chapters three through thirteen exploreall the impact categories that are commonly included in LCIA, discussing the characteristics of each followed by a review of midpoint and endpoint characterisation methods, metrics, uncertainties and new developments, and a discussion of research needs. Chapter-length treatment is accorded to Climate Change; Stratospheric Ozone Depletion; Human Toxicity; Particulate Matter Formation; Photochemical Ozone Formation; Ecotoxicity; Acidification; Eutrophication; Land Use; Water Use; and Abiotic Resource Use. The final two chapters map out the optional LCIA steps of Normalisation and Weighting.