Greenhouse gas assessment of Brazilian soybean production: a case study of Mato Grosso State

2015 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
pp. 418-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guilherme Silva Raucci ◽  
Cindy Silva Moreira ◽  
Priscila Aparecida Alves ◽  
Francisco F.C. Mello ◽  
Leidivan de Almeida Frazão ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Soybean Production

scholarly journals Spatial Analysis of the Drivers, Characteristics, and Effects of Forest Fragmentation

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3246
Author(s):  
Zoe Slattery ◽  
Richard Fenner
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fragmentation ◽  
Forest Fires ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Agricultural Expansion ◽  
Forest Patches ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Remote Imaging ◽  
Landscape Characteristics ◽  
High Level

Building on the existing literature, this study examines whether specific drivers of forest fragmentation cause particular fragmentation characteristics, and how these characteristics can be linked to their effects on forest-dwelling species. This research uses Landsat remote imaging to examine the changing patterns of forests. It focuses on areas which have undergone a high level of a specific fragmentation driver, in particular either agricultural expansion or commodity-driven deforestation. Seven municipalities in the states of Rondônia and Mato Grosso in Brazil are selected as case study areas, as these states experienced a high level of commodity-driven deforestation and agricultural expansion respectively. Land cover maps of each municipality are created using the Geographical Information System software ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension. The resulting categorical maps are input into Fragstats fragmentation software to calculate quantifiable fragmentation metrics for each municipality. To determine the effects that these characteristics are likely to cause, this study uses a literature review to determine how species traits affect their responses to forest fragmentation. Results indicate that, in areas that underwent agricultural expansion, the remaining forest patches became more complex in shape with longer edges and lost a large amount of core area. This negatively affects species which are either highly dispersive or specialist to core forest habitat. In areas that underwent commodity-driven deforestation, it was more likely that forest patches would become less aggregated and create disjunct core areas. This negatively affects smaller, sedentary animals which do not naturally travel long distances. This study is significant in that it links individual fragmentation drivers to their landscape characteristics, and in turn uses these to predict effects on species with particular traits. This information will prove useful for forest managers, particularly in the case study municipalities examined in this study, in deciding which species require further protection measures. The methodology could be applied to other drivers of forest fragmentation such as forest fires.

scholarly journals Spectrum analysis of national greenhouse gas emission: a case study of Germany

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 267-282
Author(s):  
Meirong Su ◽  
Stephan Pauleit ◽  
Chao Xu
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Spectrum Analysis ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Gas Emission

Greenhouse gas emission offsetting by refrigerant recovery from WEEE: A case study on a WEEE recycling plant in Korea

2019 ◽  
Vol 142 ◽  
pp. 167-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jihwan Park ◽  
Insang Jung ◽  
Wonhee Choi ◽  
Sang Ok Choi ◽  
Sung Won Han
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Gas Emission ◽  
Weee Recycling
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