Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "Verones, Francesca"
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Life-cycle impacts of wind energy development on bird diversity in Norway
May, Roelof Frans; Jackson, Craig Ryan; Middel, Heleen; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Verones, Francesca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)While wind energy remains a preferred source of renewable energy, understanding the full spectrum of impacts are vital to balance climate-related benefits against their costs to biodiversity. Environmental impact assessments ... -
Linking ecosystem services and damages from bauxite mining in an LCA context - A case study from Hydro and a movement towards no net loss of ecosystem services
Bolowich, Alya Francesca (Master thesis, 2016)This study is part of a yearlong study with Norsk Hydro ASA addressing the impacts on ecosystem services in primary aluminum value chains. Here, the focus is on the impacts of bauxite mining at two locations in northern ... -
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 marine plastic debris quantities to entanglement rates: Development of a life cycle impact assessment ‘effect factor’based on species sensitivity
McHardy, Cara Lynn (Master thesis, 2019)Etter hvert som produksjon og bruk av plast fortsetter å vokse eksponentielt, øker også andelen «feilbehandlet avfall» som ender opp i naturen. En voksende forskningsgruppe har forsøkt å kvantifisere effekten av dette ... -
Making Marine Noise Pollution Impacts Heard: The Case of Cetaceans in the North Sea within Life Cycle Impact Assessment
Middel, Heleen; Verones, Francesca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Abstract Oceans represent more than 95% of the world’s biosphere and are among the richest sources of biodiversity on Earth. However, human activities such as shipping and construction of marine infrastructure pose a ... -
The MarINvaders Toolkit
Lonka, Radek; Verones, Francesca; Stadler, Konstantin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The introduction and establishment of alien (non-native) species to foreign ecosystems is a key threat for marine biodiversity (Katsanevakis et al., 2014; Molnar et al., 2008; Seebens et al., 2017). Ecosystem pressures ... -
MarINvaders: A web toolkit of marine species for use in environmental assessments
Verones, Francesca; Gjedde, Philip; Koslowski, Maximilian; Woods, John Sebastian; Lonka, Radek; Stadler, Konstantin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Invasive species are the second most important reason for species extinction since 1500 ad. In addition, these invasive species can cause vast economic loss. In marine ecoregions, alien species introductions are increasing, ... -
Methodological review and detailed guidance for the life cycle interpretation phase
Laurent, Alexis; Weidema, Bo Pedersen; Bare, Jane; Liao, Xun; Maia de Souza, Danielle; Pizzol, Massimo; Sala, Serenella; Schreiber, Hanna; Thonemann, Nils; Verones, Francesca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Life cycle interpretation is the fourth and last phase of life cycle assessment (LCA). Being a “pivot” phase linking all other phases and the conclusions and recommendations from an LCA study, it represents a challenging ... -
A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets
Mair, Louise; Bennun, L; Brooks, Thomas M.; Butchart, Stuart H. M.; Bolam, Friederike C.; Burgess, N.D.; Ekström, J; Milner-Gulland, E. J.; Hoffmann, M; Ma, K; Macfarlane, Nicholas; Raimondo, D C; Rodrigues, ASL; Shen, X; Strassburg, Bernardo BN; Beatty, C R; Gómez-Creutzberg, C; Iribarrem, A; Irmadhiany, M; Lacerda, Eliana; Mattos, B C; Parakkasi, K; Tognelli, M F; Bennett, E; Bryan, C; Carbone, Giulia; Chaudhary, Abhishek; Eiselin, M; da Fonseca, GAB; Galt, R; Geschke, Arne; Glew, Louise; Goedicke, R; Green, J M H; Gregory, Richard D.; Hill, S L L; Hole, David G.; Hughes, Jonathan; Hutton, Jonathan; Keijzer, M P W; Navarro, Laetitia M.; Nic Lughadha, E; Plumptre, Andrew J.; Puydarrieux, P; Possingham, HP; Rankovic, A; Regan, E C; Rondinini, Carlo; Schneck, J D; Siikamäki, J; Sendashonga, Cyriaque N.; Seutin, G; Sinclair, Samuel Justin; Skowno, A L; Soto-Navarro, C A; Stuart, SN; Temple, HJ; Vallier, A; Verones, Francesca; Viana, L R; Watson, J; Bezeng, S; Böhm, Monika; Burfield, I J; Clausnitzer, V; Clubbe, C; Cox, N A; Freyhof, J.; Gerber, L R; Hilton-Taylor, C; Jenkins, Richard; Joolia, A; Joppa, L N; Koh, L P; Lacher, TE; Langhammer, P F; Long, Barney; Mallon, David; Pacifici, Michela; Polidoro, BA; Pollock, C M; Rivers, M C; Roach, N S; Rodríguez, J P; Smart, Jane; Young, Bruce; Hawkins, F; McGowan, Philip J. K. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The Convention on Biological Diversity’s post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework will probably include a goal to stabilize and restore the status of species. Its delivery would be facilitated by making the actions required ... -
Modeling net land occupation of hydropower reservoirs in Norway for use in life cycle assessment
Dorber, Martin; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Increasing hydropower electricity production constitutes a unique opportunity to mitigate climate change impacts. However, hydropower electricity production also impacts aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity through freshwater ... -
Monetary impacts of plastic pollution on coastal recreational ecosystem services
Voorwalt, Samuel Nathan Willem (Master thesis, 2022)The importance of Ecosystem Services (ES) and the threats human activity pose to their supply have become a common topic of academic research. In the marine environment, the steady increase of plastic pollution now threatens ... -
More than half of data deficient species predicted to be threatened by extinction
Borgelt, Jan; Dorber, Martin; Høiberg, Marthe Alnes; Verones, Francesca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is essential for practical and theoretical efforts to protect biodiversity. However, species classified as “Data Deficient” (DD) regularly mislead practitioners due to their uncertain ... -
Native range estimates for red-listed vascular plants
Borgelt, Jan; Parada, Jorge Sicacha; Skarpaas, Olav; Verones, Francesca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Besides being central for understanding both global biodiversity patterns and associated anthropogenic impacts, species range maps are currently only available for a small subset of global biodiversity. Here, we provide a ... -
Overview and recommendations for regionalized life cycle impact assessment
Mutel, Christopher; Liao, Xun; Patouillard, Laure; Bare, Jane; Fantke, Peter; Frischknecht, Rolf; Hauschild, Michael; Jolliet, Olivier; Maia de Souza, Danielle; Laurent, Alexis; Pfister, Stephan; Verones, Francesca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Purpose Regionalized life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) has rapidly developed in the past decade, though its widespread application, robustness, and validity still face multiple challenges. Under the umbrella of UNEP/SETAC ... -
Overview of recent land cover changes in the biodiversity hotspots
Hu, Xiangping; Huang, Bo; Verones, Francesca; Cavalett, Otávio; Cherubini, Francesco (Research report, 2020)Biodiversity hotspots are the most biologically rich, yet threatened, terrestrial regions. From 1992 to 2015, they underwent 148 Mha of land cover changes, including forest losses (56 Mha, of which 40 Mha caused by ... -
Overview of recent land‐cover changes in biodiversity hotspots
Hu, Xiangping; Huang, Bo; Verones, Francesca; Cavalett, Otávio; Cherubini, Francesco (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Between 1992 and 2015, nearly 148 million hectares (Mha) within biodiversity hotspots – biologically rich but threatened terrestrial regions – worldwide underwent land‐cover changes, equating to 6% of the total areal extent ... -
Predicting global habitat conversion and fragmentation effects on terrestrial vertebrate species richness with species-area models within the life cycle impact assessment framework
Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2020:216, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Habitat change is the single largest threat to global biodiversity. Mainly caused by human land use, this results in the loss and fragmentation of natural habitat and subsequent losses of species. The relevance of halting ... -
Quantifying biodiversity impacts of hydropower electricity production within the framework of Life Cycle Assessment
Dorber, Martin (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:161, Doctoral thesis, 2019)The United Nations developed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the transition into a more sustainable world. One of the central aspects of the SDGs is the provisioning of sustainable energy, covered by SDG 7 ... -
Quantifying entanglement impacts from lost fishing gear
Hellesund, Sunniva Andrine (Master thesis, 2022)Plast fortsetter å akkumulere i havet på grunn av mangelfulle avfallshåndteringssystemer og direkte deponering eller tap i havet. Plast i det marine miljøet er kjent for å forårsake påvirkninger som innvikling og inntak ... -
Quantifying environmental impacts of river fragmentation from hydropower dams within Life Cycle Impact Assessment
Philippe, Audrey (Master thesis, 2023)Økende produksjon av vannkraft er en av måtene å redusere menneskeskapte klimagassutslippene i årene som kommer, for å begrense klimaendringer. Imidlertid utgjør driften av vannkraftmagasiner en trussel mot ferskvannshabitater ...