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Food, Feed, Fuel, Timber or Carbon Sink? Towards Sustainable Land UseDiscussion and Conclusions

Food, Feed, Fuel, Timber or Carbon Sink? Towards Sustainable Land Use: Discussion and Conclusions [This study shows that an integrated and holistic sustainability assessment is both possible and relevant. Given the multitude of objectives related to land-use policy, it is relevant that an integrated environmental and economic assessment is performed to identify the most sustainable land use strategies. This has been proposed in an approach where the different criteria are not weighted and traded. An application of this framework to land-use strategies in the UK shows that the current support for biofuel production is misguided by unclear objectives. While it may make sense in meeting the objectives of security of both fuel supply and farmers income, this research study indicates that for the mitigation of both climate change and ecosystem services and biodiversity loss, biofuel strategies are highly inefficient and, therefore, largely redundant. This research links very clearly with multi-objective linear programming and optimisation and with multiple criteria decision analysis, at large. Further research could include linking the proposed life cycle, bio-economic, economy-wide and dynamic model with a multi-objective optimisation model whereby all the relevant targets and variables are captured. An example of this could include the optimisation of land use in Europe, with regards to environmental, economic and social objectives. It could include several environmental constraints, as well as targets that can be explored in combination or separately through scenarios. Additional research needs include, particularly, the validation and calibration of characterisation models used in Life Cycle Impact Assessment for land use impacts on climate and on ecosystem services and biodiversity.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Food, Feed, Fuel, Timber or Carbon Sink? Towards Sustainable Land UseDiscussion and Conclusions

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Springer Netherlands
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© The Author(s) 2021
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978-94-024-2097-5
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109 –125
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10.1007/978-94-024-2099-9_4
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Abstract

[This study shows that an integrated and holistic sustainability assessment is both possible and relevant. Given the multitude of objectives related to land-use policy, it is relevant that an integrated environmental and economic assessment is performed to identify the most sustainable land use strategies. This has been proposed in an approach where the different criteria are not weighted and traded. An application of this framework to land-use strategies in the UK shows that the current support for biofuel production is misguided by unclear objectives. While it may make sense in meeting the objectives of security of both fuel supply and farmers income, this research study indicates that for the mitigation of both climate change and ecosystem services and biodiversity loss, biofuel strategies are highly inefficient and, therefore, largely redundant. This research links very clearly with multi-objective linear programming and optimisation and with multiple criteria decision analysis, at large. Further research could include linking the proposed life cycle, bio-economic, economy-wide and dynamic model with a multi-objective optimisation model whereby all the relevant targets and variables are captured. An example of this could include the optimisation of land use in Europe, with regards to environmental, economic and social objectives. It could include several environmental constraints, as well as targets that can be explored in combination or separately through scenarios. Additional research needs include, particularly, the validation and calibration of characterisation models used in Life Cycle Impact Assessment for land use impacts on climate and on ecosystem services and biodiversity.]

Published: Apr 16, 2021

Keywords: Land-use competition; Integrated assessment; Multi-objective optimisation; Biofuels; Bioeconomy

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