Indicators: Tools to Evaluate the Environmental Impacts of Farming Systems

Girardin, Philippe; Bockstaller, Christian; Werf, Hayo M.G. van der

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“…O sistema consta de 62 indicadores, compostos a partir de uma revisão de métodos de AIA (Neher, 1992;Stockle et al, 1994;Bockstaller et al, 1997;McDonald & Smith, 1998;Girardin et al, 1999;Bosshard, 2000;Rodrigues et al, 2000;Rossi & Nota, 2000), discussões em grupos e outras fontes. Os indicadores foram selecionados, compostos e organizados de forma a cobrir a gama possível de efeitos ambientais diretamente definidos como impactos e de forma a serem aplicados em sua totalidade a qualquer atividade agropecuária.…”

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“…A composição das curvas de correspondência entre os indicadores e a performance ambiental definida em valores de utilidade baseou-se em testes de sensibilidade e de probabilidade, para cada indicador (Girardin et al, 1999). No teste de sensibilidade define-se, de acordo com o objetivo do sistema de avaliação, o significado e a importância da alteração causada pela atividade.…”

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“…O significado permite julgar se uma alteração é aceitável ou não (se é positiva ou negativa), e a importância determina a extensão em que a alteração contribui (ou prejudica) para se atingir o objetivo. No teste de probabilidade, estabelece-se a relação de valor entre o indicador e a performance, segundo correspondência entre a escala de ocorrência e o padrão ou benchmark, permitindo definir a função de transformação (Girardin et al, 1999).…”

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Sistema integrado de avaliação de impacto ambiental aplicado a atividades do Novo Rural

Rodrigues

Campanhola

2003

Pesq. agropec. bras.

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O objetivo deste trabalho foi apresentar o sistema de Avaliação Ponderada de Impacto Ambiental de Atividades do Novo Rural (APOIA-NovoRural), que consiste de um conjunto de planilhas eletrônicas (plataforma MS-Excel) que integram 62 indicadores da performance ambiental de uma atividade econômica em um estabelecimento rural. Cinco dimensões de avaliação foram consideradas: ecologia da paisagem, qualidade ambiental (atmosfera, água e solo), valores socioculturais, valores econômicos e gestão e administração. Os indicadores foram construídos em matrizes de ponderação, nas quais dados quantitativos, obtidos em campo e laboratório, foram automaticamente transformados em índices de impacto, expressos graficamente. O índice de impacto de cada indicador foi traduzido a um valor de utilidade, empregando-se funções e coeficientes especificamente derivados para cada indicador. Os valores de utilidade foram agregados para compor o Índice de Impacto Ambiental da atividade avaliada. Os resultados da avaliação permitem ao produtor/administrador averiguar quais atributos da atividade podem estar desconformes com seus objetivos de sustentabilidade e ao tomador de decisões a indicação de medidas de fomento ou controle das atividades, segundo planos de desenvolvimento local; proporcionam, ainda, uma unidade de medida objetiva de impacto para auxiliar na qualificação e certificação de atividades agropecuárias.

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Sistema integrado de avaliação de impacto ambiental aplicado a atividades do Novo Rural

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Campanhola

2003

Pesq. agropec. bras.

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“…The System integrates sixty-two indicators, derived from a literature review on Environmental Impact Assessment methodologies (Dee et al, 1973;Canter, 1979;Neher, 1992;Bockstaller et al, 1997;McDonald & Smith, 1998;Rodrigues, 1998;Girardin et al;1999;Bosshard, 2000;Rodrigues et al, 2000;Rossi & Nota, 2000), group discussions, and workshops. The indicators were selected, designed, and organized to encompass the range of possible environmental effects directly defined as impacts, and to be applicable to any agricultural activity.…”

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“…All indicator weighing matrices are designed to translate indicator variables and attributes into environmental impact indices, graphically expressed relative to an utility function (0 to 1 normalized scale, with benchmark compliance value set at 0.7; Bisset, 1987) for the indicator (Figure 3). These utility functions express environmental performance benchmarks for each particular indicator, and were derived from individual sensitivity and probability tests of each indicator (Girardin et al, 1999).…”

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A collaborative research initiative for the environmental management of ostrich production

Rodrigues

Buschinelli

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Rev. Bras. Cienc. Avic.

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A collaborative research initiative was proposed by the Federation of Cooperatives of Ostrich Producers of Southeastern Brazil (FECOAVESTRUZ-Sudeste) and Embrapa Environment to training technicians and to develop environmental management procedures in order to establish criteria for the definition of 'Terms of Reference' for sustainable ostrich production for FECOAVESTRUZ associates. Eight farms with different scales of operation were selected by FECOAVESTRUZ-Sudeste for the application of 'integrated environmental indicator systems', designed to develop Environmental Management Reports and to propose best management practices in the farms. The results showed that, in general, indicators relative to Use of inputs and resources, Use of veterinary inputs and raw-materials, and especially Use of energy tended to generate negative impact, because ostrich production was intensive in these farms. On the other hand, this intensive production was also associated with improvements in Income generation and Management and administration, with positive reflexes on Employment quality and Customer respect. The utilization of the 'integrated environmental indicator systems' provide fast and inexpensive procedures designed to prepare producers for the eco-certification and ensuing sustainable origin denomination for ostrich production

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IN‐Palm: An agri‐environmental indicator to assess nitrogen losses in oil palm plantations

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Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) is currently cultivated on 19 million ha, and palm oil represents more than one-third of the global vegetable oil market. Addition of nitrogen (N) via legume cover crop and fertilizers is a common practice in industrial oil palm plantations, however, there is a tendency for N loss, thus contributing significantly to environmental effects. To improve the sustainability of palm oil production, it is crucial to determine which management practices minimize N losses.Continuous field measurements would be cost-prohibiting as a monitoring tool, and in the case of oil palm, available models do not account for all the potential nitrogen inputs and losses or management practices. In this context, we developed IN-Palm, a model to help managers and scientists estimate N losses to the environment and identify best management practices. The main challenge was to build the model in a context of knowledge scarcity. Given these objectives and constraints, we developed an agri-environmental indicator, using the INDIGO method and fuzzy decision trees. We validated the N leaching module of IN-Palm against field data from Sumatra, Indonesia. IN-Palm is implemented in an Excel file and uses 21 readily available input variables to compute 17 modules. It estimates annual emissions and scores for each N-loss pathway and provides recommendations to reduce N losses.IN-Palm predictions of N leaching were acceptable according to several statistics, with a tendency to underestimate nitrogen leaching. Thus, we highlighted necessary improvements to increase IN-Palm precision before use in plantations.

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Indicators: Tools to Evaluate the Environmental Impacts of Farming Systems

Cited by 172 publications

References 10 publications

Sistema integrado de avaliação de impacto ambiental aplicado a atividades do Novo Rural

Sistema integrado de avaliação de impacto ambiental aplicado a atividades do Novo Rural

A collaborative research initiative for the environmental management of ostrich production

IN‐Palm: An agri‐environmental indicator to assess nitrogen losses in oil palm plantations

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