scholarly journals Conceptual framework for describing the environmental impacts of waste accumulation due to intensive animal production

2020 ◽  
pp. 2029-2046
Author(s):  
Gladis Maria Backes Bühring ◽  
Vicente Celestino Pires Silveira ◽  
Cláudio Rocha de Miranda ◽  
Eduardo Lando Bernardo
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Causal Chain ◽  
Animal Production ◽  
Environmental Perceptions ◽  
Environmental Pressures ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Socioeconomic System

The interaction between intensive animal production and the environment is complex and depends on the location and management practices. The waste generated from intensive animal production may represent a triggering factor for environmental pressures in the function of the volume and the characteristics, degrading environmental quality and affecting ecosystem services. The objective of this study was to develop a conceptual framework for the environmental description of the impacts caused by the accumulation of the waste from intensive animal production, integrating the causal-chain approach of the driver–pressure–status–impact–response (DPSIR) model with the causal network and ecosystem services. Therefore, a conceptual framework was developed that makes possible a comprehensive description of a set of structures and functions that interact in complex ways. The conceptual framework was validated through a case study performed within the scope of a hydrographic microbasin with intensive pig production. The conceptual framework developed made it possible to establish connections among the DPSIR components, including environmental perceptions and changes in the socioeconomic system. The impacts caused by the waste were considered as changes in the provision of ecosystem services and the socioeconomic system, identifiable in the proposed conceptual framework. The application of the conceptual framework identified the primary drivers that exert pressure on the system and has an impact on the ecosystem services, affecting the provision and regulation services. The development of this environmental conceptual framework contributes to the selection of the indicators and ecosystem services involved. This can aid in the promotion of environmental sustainability, providing subsidies for more adequate environmental policies obtained from indicators that reflect local conditions.

From a conceptual framework to an operational approach for managing grassland functional diversity to obtain targeted ecosystem services: Case studies from French mountains

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Duru ◽  
C. Jouany ◽  
X. Le Roux ◽  
M.L. Navas ◽  
P. Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Functional Traits ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Abiotic Factors ◽  
Microbial Community Composition ◽  
Operational Approach ◽  
Functional Perspective ◽  
Functional Types

AbstractResearch to understand and manage ecosystems to supply services has recently spurred a functional view of their biodiversity. In particular, approaches based on functional traits rather than species diversity are increasingly used to reflect interactions between organisms and their environment. These approaches bring a functional perspective to the study of community structure responses to disturbances and resources, and of their effects on ecosystem functioning and services. From an academic perspective, we propose a conceptual framework based on species functional traits to better infer how grassland management practices (fertilization, defoliation regime) along with abiotic factors influence plant, animal and microbial community composition and a range of services in grassland ecosystems. The core of the framework relies on combinations of plant functional traits and associated microbial features that specifically respond to environmental and management factors and influence ecosystem services. To overcome stakeholders’ difficulty in applying the concept of functional traits, we propose an operational approach implying the mapping of plant communities distributed into five plant functional types (PFTs). The approach was used for fields in grassland-based livestock farms from two French grassland networks. We evaluated its ability to predict a range of services including forage provision and non-market services according to environmental and management drivers. PFT-based plant community composition predicted forage services reasonably well but responded weakly to environmental gradients. To cope with the observed limitations of current predictive approaches, we suggest including soil microbial functional types and adaptive management rather than using a prescriptive scheme.

scholarly journals Current overview and potential applications of the soil ecosystem services approach in Brazil

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 1021-1038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Bardy Prado ◽  
Elaine Cristina Cardoso Fidalgo ◽  
Joyce Maria Guimarães Monteiro ◽  
Azeneth Eufrausino Schuler ◽  
Fabiane Machado Vezzani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Soil Ecosystem ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approaches ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Soil Ecosystem Services ◽  
Land Use And Management

Abstract Human pressure on ecosystems has undesirable impacts on human well-being. After the Millennium Project, much interdisciplinary research has been developed worldwide aiming to understand these impacts on ecosystem flows and processes, and to learn about the costs and the benefits of ecosystem services for production. Soil provides many ecosystem services, since its multi-functionality is the basis for food production, water filtration, nutrient cycling, and other goods essential to life. This article presents the main concepts and classifications of soil ecosystem services and of its functions; the indicators and the methods for assessment, modeling, and valuation of ecosystem services; some recent applications to assess and evaluate impacts of agricultural management practices on soil ecosystem services; as well as challenges and opportunities for research and for development of public policies related to agro-environmental sustainability in Brazil. Although the role of soil in supplying ecosystem services is yet undervalued, scientists are gradually recognizing soil processes and functions as fundamental to assess ecosystem services and the effects of land use and management on them. Interdisciplinary approaches to integrate science and public policies are necessary to build governance based on ecosystem services.

scholarly journals Integrating constraint effects among ecosystem services and drivers on seasonal scales into management practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 107425
Author(s):  
Shengkun Li ◽  
Xiaobing Li ◽  
Huashun Dou ◽  
Dongliang Dang ◽  
Jirui Gong
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Constraint Effects

scholarly journals National Culture for a Participatory Time-driven Activity Based Costing: A Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Attilio Mucelli ◽  
Francesca Spigarelli ◽  
Dominique Lepore
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Activity Based Costing ◽  
Futures Research ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Costing System ◽  
Potential Moderator

National culture has a well-recognized role in management practices especially in shaping participatory decision-making processes (PDM). The article aims to provide a conceptual framework where national culture is considered as a potential moderator in a PDM when designing a Time-Driven Activity Based Costing (TDABC). The purpose is to identify a set of dimensions when designing time equations, on which the costing system is based on, to be then linked to national culture. Moreover, a research agenda is also presented in order to validate the proposed framework, outlining directions for futures research as well as managerial implications.

scholarly journals Genotype selection and addition of fertilizer increases grain yield in upland rice in Suriname

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriano Stephan NASCENTE ◽  
Ruby KROMOCARDI
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Upland Rice ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Application Rate ◽  
Rice Grain ◽  
Rice Varieties ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Randomized Block Design

ABSTRACT The upland rice farmers in Suriname use local varieties and low level technologies in the field. As a result, the upland rice grain yield is low, at about 1 000 kg ha-1. Our objective was to evaluate the use of upland rice cultivars from Suriname and Brazil, and the effect of nitrogen, N, phosphorus, P, and potassium, K, fertilizers on cultivation variables. We undertook four field trials in the Victoria Area, in the Brokopondo District, using a randomized block design each with four replications. The most productive rice varieties were BRS Esmeralda (grain yield 2 903 kg ha-1) and BRS Sertaneja (2 802 kg ha-1). The highest grain yield of 2 620 kg ha-1 was achieved with a top dressing application of 76.41 kg N ha-1 20 days after sowing. For P, the highest grain yield of 3 085 kg ha-1 was achieved with application of 98.06 kg ha-1 P2O5 applied at sowing. An application rate of 31.45 kg ha-1 of K2O at sowing achieved the highest grain yield of 2 952 kg ha-1. Together, these application rates of N, P and K resulted in rice grain yield of about 3 000 kg ha-1, which is three times greater than the national average for upland rice. We demonstrate that the use of improved rice varieties matched to the local conditions, and application of appropriate fertilizers, are management practices that can result in significant increases in rice grain yield in Suriname.

A conceptual framework to assess the effects of environmental change on ecosystem services

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 2823-2842 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. A. Rounsevell ◽  
T. P. Dawson ◽  
P. A. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Environmental Change ◽  
Conceptual Framework
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