How Well Does LCA Model Land Use Impacts on Biodiversity? A Comparison with Approaches from Ecology and Conservation

M Curran, D Maia de Souza, A Antón… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
The modeling of land use impacts on biodiversity is considered a priority in life cycle
assessment (LCA). Many diverging approaches have been proposed in an expanding …

[HTML][HTML] Forest ecosystem services in Norway: Trends, condition, and drivers of change (1950–2020)

EV Helseth, P Vedeld, E Framstad… - Ecosystem Services, 2022 - Elsevier
Some regions like Europe have experienced a net gain in forest areas over the last
decades, but intact areas of natural forests are declining worldwide, accompanied by …

Questioning the ecological footprint

A Galli, M Giampietro, S Goldfinger, E Lazarus, D Lin… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this perspective paper a critical discussion about the concept of the Ecological Footprint is
documented based on 10 questions which are answered from critical and supporting points …

Resource accounting for sustainability assessment

M Giampietro, RJ Aspinall… - Resource Accounting …, 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter illustrates the integrated accounting for exosomatic energy flows across
different scales of analysis bridging the internal and the external view on the societal energy …

Re-establishing an ecological discourse in the policy debate over how to value ecosystems and biodiversity

CL Spash, I Aslaksen - Journal of environmental management, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper we explore the discourses of ecology, environmental economics, new
environmental pragmatism and social ecological economics as they relate to the value of …

Insect diversity is a good indicator of biodiversity status in Africa

T Landmann, M Schmitt, B Ekim, J Villinger… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Reliable metrics to monitor human impacts on biodiversity are essential for informing
conservation policy. As insects are indicators of global change, whose declines profoundly …

[HTML][HTML] Value asymmetries in Norwegian forest governance: The role of institutions and power dynamics

EV Helseth, P Vedeld, A Vatn… - Ecological Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
We draw on institutional and ecological economics to understand the role of social
preferences, institutional arrangements, and power dynamics in mobilizing or restraining …

Modelling and testing forest ecosystems condition account

AG Bruzón, P Arrogante-Funes… - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
We developed an application model based on the System of Environmental Economic
Accounting-Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EA) framework, endorsed by the United Nations …

Sustainable development indicators: From statistics to policy

PA Garnåsjordet, I Aslaksen… - Environmental Policy …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Sustainable development indicators (SDIs) may have good potential to bring environmental
concerns to the policy agenda. However, different understandings of sustainability …

[HTML][HTML] Introducing the index-based ecological condition assessment framework (IBECA)

S Jakobsson, M Evju, E Framstad, A Imbert… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sustainable nature management and ecosystem conservation depends critically on
scientifically sound and stakeholder-relevant analytical frameworks for monitoring and …