Wind energy has great potential to drive Chile's energy sector towards a more sustainable
model; however, it could induce landscape changes impacting ecosystem services …

This chapter is dedicated to the third phase of an LCA study, the Life Cycle Impact
Assessment (LCIA) where the life cycle inventory's information on elementary flows is …

Soils provide essential ecosystem services for supporting both human and ecosystem needs
and has been under pressures resulting from the intensification and expansion of human …

Purpose In this paper, we summarize the discussion and present the findings of an expert
group effort under the umbrella of the United Nations Environment Programme …

Terrestrial land and its resources are finite, though, for economic and socio-cultural needs of
humans, these natural resources are further exploited. It highlights the need to quantify the …

Efforts to restore and reclaim coastal wetlands have led to the evolution of invasive alien
plant species and coastal defenses across significant parts of the globe. Synergistic stresses …

Changing climatic conditions and extensive human activities have influenced the global
water cycle. In recent years, significant changes in climate and land use have degraded the …

Purpose To clarify the concept of the amortization period (20-year factor) associated with
direct land-use change (dLUC) accounting, discuss its main inconsistencies, and propose …

Purpose Land is used and modified in its natural function for the cultivation of food and
energy crops, for infrastructure and other production purposes. Despite their global …

Purpose We bibliometrically evaluated the scientific literature outlined around Brazilian life
cycle assessment (LCA). Our aim is twofold:(1) Analyze the Brazilian scientific literature on …