scholarly journals Towards a sustainable biobased economy in Colombia: integrated environmental and economic analyses of land use and biomass value chains

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Nidia Ramirez Contreras
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Economic Analyses ◽  
Biobased Economy

scholarly journals Spatial optimization of Jatropha based electricity value chains including the effect of emissions from land use change

2016 ◽  
Vol 90 ◽  
pp. 218-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joana Almeida ◽  
Annelies De Meyer ◽  
Dirk Cattrysse ◽  
Jos Van Orshoven ◽  
Wouter M.J. Achten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Spatial Optimization ◽  
Value Chains

From countrysides of production to countrysides of consumption?

2005 ◽  
Vol 143 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. SLEE
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Land Markets ◽  
Rural Land ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
Rural Land Use ◽  
Business Opportunities ◽  
Productive Land ◽  
Economic Analyses ◽  
The Uk

The UK rural economy is increasingly driven by consumption-based demands rather than by productive land use. Such demands have been an influence on rural land use for many hundreds of years, but a range of factors, including greater wealth and mobility, have reinforced a long-standing trend for the rural economy to be consumption driven. A number of recent economic analyses and more anecdotal sources are used to furnish evidence of the importance of new consumption demands. It is argued that such demands may impact directly on land markets through land purchase for amenity, etc. and indirectly through bringing affluent people into closer proximity to diversified business opportunities. It is argued that these new economic realities are the dominant drivers of economic change and that their recognition might suggest new approaches to the support of strategies to deliver more sustainable rural development.

scholarly journals Economic Analyses of Federal Scientific Collections: Methods for Documenting Costs and Benefits

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E. Schindel
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Regulatory Mandates ◽  
Economic Analyses ◽  
Scientific Collections

Federal collections have been created to serve agency missions and, in a few cases, to comply with legislative and regulatory mandates. The benefits generated by federal scientific collections can take monetary and non-monetary forms, and are usually indirect and delayed. The value chains that connect costs to benefits are generally difficult to document. This report describes five methodologies that are available for describing and estimating the benefits federal collections generate. Departments and agencies can use the methods described for evidence-based decisions concerning policies and management practices for their institutional collections. <br><br>

scholarly journals Valuing Biodiversity in Life Cycle Impact Assessment

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 5628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Lindner ◽  
Horst Fehrenbach ◽  
Lisa Winter ◽  
Judith Bloemer ◽  
Eva Knuepffer
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Conservation Priorities ◽  
Impact Assessment Method ◽  
The Impact

In this article, the authors propose an impact assessment method for life cycle assessment (LCA) that adheres to established LCA principles for land use-related impact assessment, bridges current research gaps and addresses the requirements of different stakeholders for a methodological framework. The conservation of biodiversity is a priority for humanity, as expressed in the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Addressing biodiversity across value chains is a key challenge for enabling sustainable production pathways. Life cycle assessment is a standardised approach to assess and compare environmental impacts of products along their value chains. The impact assessment method presented in this article allows the quantification of the impact of land-using production processes on biodiversity for several broad land use classes. It provides a calculation framework with degrees of customisation (e.g., to take into account regional conservation priorities), but also offers a default valuation of biodiversity based on naturalness. The applicability of the method is demonstrated through an example of a consumer product. The main strength of the approach is that it yields highly aggregated information on the biodiversity impacts of products, enabling biodiversity-conscious decisions about raw materials, production routes and end user products.

Studying the Cumulative Environmental Effects of Hydro-Québec's Installations Plan

1992 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-182
Author(s):  
D. Dubeau
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Environmental Effects ◽  
Forest Dynamics ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Environmental Responsibility ◽  
Regional Economies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Natural Landscapes ◽  
Economic Analyses ◽  
Ways Of Life

The study of the cumulative environmental effects that have been integrated with technical and economic analyses include mercury, land use in the region (territory), natural landscapes, cultural heritages, forest dynamics, regional economies and ways of life. Requests and petitions from the public about Hydro-Québec projects fall into four categories: welfare of communities, impact on the land, environmental responsibility and preservation of plant and animal species. The cooperation of all concerned is necessary for Hydro-Québec's developments.

scholarly journals Short Value Chains in Food Production: The Role of Spatial Proximity for Economic and Land Use Dynamics

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 979
Author(s):  
Dominik Bertram ◽  
Tobias Chilla ◽  
Carola Wilhelm
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Spatial Proximity ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Regional Food ◽  
Land Use Dynamics

Agricultural land demand tends to be in weak condition vis-à-vis settlement development, transport infrastructure and industry expansion. At the same time, the awareness and demand of consumers for regional food is constantly rising, in particular in urban regions. The resulting challenge is that high demand for regional food is concentrated at places where land for food production tends to be particularly under pressure. Against this background, our article reflects on the extent to which regional food supply chains support the status of agricultural demand in the competition for land. The main aim of our paper is to understand the role of proximity between the different stages of value creation, including cultivation, production (manual or industrial) and trade (retail, direct marketing). Our empirical study on the example of three products in Bavaria (Germany) shows that short distances within food value chains support the agricultural condition in land use dynamics (beer, sweet cherry, asparagus). The analyses are based on official and internal statistics as well as expert interviewing. This mixed-methods approach results in value-creation mappings and provides spatial differentiation of the economic process. Proximity between at least two stages of value creation plays an important role to explain the economic trends and land use dynamic. These findings are rooted in arguments of efficiency, tacit knowledge, networks, as well as product reputation. However, the role of proximity does not automatically play a role but has to be stabilized by strategic measures such as product innovation and marketing measures.

scholarly journals Prospects for upgrading by the European kelp sector

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sander van den Burg ◽  
Trond Selnes ◽  
Liliana Alves ◽  
Else Giesbers ◽  
Ana Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Saccharina Latissima ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Laminaria Saccharina ◽  
Processing Industry ◽  
Financial Power ◽  
European Sector ◽  
Biobased Economy ◽  
European Seas

AbstractThe interest in cultivating seaweed in European seas as source of food, feed and feedstock for the biobased economy is growing. Amongst the species investigated is kelp, also known as sugar kelp, Saccharina latissima or Laminaria saccharina. The European kelp sector is relatively small, compared to the global production and use, yet growth of the sector is aimed for. An inevitable question for European seaweed producers is how they can compete in the global seaweed value chain. This paper assesses to what extent the European strategy for growing the kelp sector matches with the dynamics of current kelp value chain. The global value chains (GVC) framework is applied to study how the global kelp sector is organized, including analysis of trends in science and patents. The upgrading strategy deployed by the European sector is critically evaluated against this framework. The analysis points towards various dividing lines between the established kelp cultivation and processing industry in Asia and the (far smaller) nascent cultivation and processing industry for high-value applications. These represent two unconnected worlds. Chain or intra-sectoral upgrading to spur the European kelp sector could occur if European food sector engage more closely with the European producers. Those bring financial power and a broader client base to the table and are instrumental in linking production to the demands of end-users.

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