• Biodiversity Impact Assessment Considering Land Use Intensities and Fragmentation 

      Scherer, Laura; Rosa, Francesca; Sun, Zhongxiao; Michelsen, Ottar; De Laurentiis, Valeria; Marques, Alexandra; Pfister, Stephan; Verones, Francesca; Kuipers, Koen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Land use is a major threat to terrestrial biodiversity. Life cycle assessment is a tool that can assess such threats and thereby support environmental decision-making. Within the Global Guidance for Life Cycle Impact ...
    • Global extinction probabilities of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine species groups for use in Life Cycle Assessment 

      Verones, Francesca; Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus; Núñez, Montse; Rosa, Francesca; Scherer, Laura; Marques, Alexandra; Michelsen, Ottar; Barbarossa, Valerio; Jaffe, Benjamin; Pfister, Stephan; Dorber, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Human activities put pressure on the natural environmental and the Life Cycle Assessment methodology (LCA) is becoming a more prevalent tool to assess the relevant environmental impacts from products and processes on ...
    • How to quantify biodiversity footprints of consumption? A review of multi-regional input–output analysis and life cycle assessment 

      Marques, Alexandra; Verones, Francesca; Kok, Marcel T J; Huijbregts, Mark A J; Pereira, Henrique M (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Reducing direct pressures on biodiversity will only be possible once the consumption drivers behind them are identified. Target 4 of the Convention on Biological Diversity highlights the importance of moving towards ...
    • Linking inventories and impact assessment models for addressing biodiversity impacts: mapping rules and challenges 

      Sanyé‑Mengual, E; Valente, António; Biganzoli, F; Dorber, Martin; Verones, Francesca; Marques, Alexandra; Ortigosa Rodriguez, J; De Laurentiis, Valeria; Fazio, Simone; Sala, Serenella (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Purpose An adequate matching between the nomenclature of elementary flows in life cycle inventory (LCI) databases and life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) methods is key for ensuring the proper application of life cycle ...
    • Linking land use inventories to biodiversity impact assessment methods 

      Scherer, Laura; De Laurentiis, Valeria; Marques, Alexandra; Michelsen, Ottar; Alejandre, Elizabeth Migoni; Pfister, Stephan; Rosa, Francesca; Rugani, Benedetto (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      There is generally a mismatch in the land use classification of life cycle inventory (LCI) databases and life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) methods. This mismatch can hinder the proper assessment of land use impacts on ...