Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Verones, Francesca"
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A case study of life cycle impacts of small-scale fishing techniques in Thailand
Verones, Francesca; Bolowich, Alya Francesca; Ebata, Keigo; Boutson, Anukorn; Takafumi, Arimoto; Ishikawa, Satoshi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Fish provides an important source of protein, especially in developing countries, and the amounts of fish consumed are increasing worldwide (mostly from aquaculture). More than half of all marine fish are caught by small-scale ... -
A Multimedia Hydrological Fate Modeling Framework To Assess Water Consumption Impacts in Life Cycle Assessment
Núñez, Montse; Rosenbaum, Ralph K; Karimpour, S; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Lathuilliere, Michael J; Margni, Manuele; Scherer, Laura; Verones, Francesca; Pfister, Stephan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Many new methods have recently been developed to address environmental consequences of water consumption in life cycle assessment (LCA). However, such methods can only partially be compared and combined, because their ... -
A novel maximum entropy approach to hybrid monetary-physical supply-chain modelling and its application to biodiversity impacts of palm oil embodied in consumption
Többen, Johannes Reinhard; Wiebe, Kirsten Svenja; Verones, Francesca; Wood, Richard; Moran, Daniel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The environmental and social consequences of clearing tropical forests for palm oil and soybean monoculture have been analyzed in a number of studies and are widely recognized. Some initiatives and studies have examined ... -
An Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for the Outdoor Clothing Industry in Germany and Norway - Key aspects, drivers and barriers from a company point of view
Amani, Gregor (Master thesis, 2021)Etter hvert som forbruket av klær fortsetter å øke, øker de tilhørende innvirkningene på klimaet, naturen og samfunn. Samtidig er gjenvinningsgraden fortsatt lav og store mengder brukte klær havner på deponier eller i ... -
Biodiversity Recovery and Transformation Impacts for Wetland Biodiversity
Pezzati, Lorenzo; Verones, Francesca; Curran, Michael P.; Baustert, Paul; Hellweg, Stefanie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methods for land use take both occupation and transformation impacts into account. However, for wetlands and impacts from water consumption, it is so far not possible to account for transformation ... -
Comparing the environmental impacts of a physical vs. digital UN conference
Øie, Maren (Master thesis, 2022)I 2020 måtte de fleste internasjonale møter og konferanser enten avlyses eller gjennomføres digitalt på grunn av COVID-19 pandemien. Dette var også tilfellet for tusenvis av FN møter og konferanser. The Missions of Switzerland ... -
Considering habitat conversion and fragmentation in characterisation factors for land-use impacts on vertebrate species richness
Kuipers, Koen J.J.; May, Roelof Frans; Verones, Francesca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Human land use is one of the primary threats to terrestrial species richness and is considered a priority for meeting global sustainability and biodiversity targets. Decision-support tools, such as life cycle assessment ... -
Controlling biodiversity impacts of future global hydropower reservoirs by strategic site selection
Dorber, Martin; Arvesen, Anders; Gernaat, David; Verones, Francesca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Further reservoir-based hydropower development can contribute to the United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDGs) on affordable and clean energy, and climate action. However, hydropower reservoir operation can lead ... -
Developing a characterization factor and effect factor model for impacts of marine invasive species - Within the context of Life Cycle Impact Assessment
Myklebust, Mari Nord (Master thesis, 2019)Marine arter blir stadig mer transportert og frigjort til nye habitater hvor de ikke er innfødte. Virkningen av fremmede arter som blir invaderende, er av voksende bekymring. Å kunne vurdere invaderende arters påvirkning ... -
Developing guidelines for quantifying ecosystem impacts of terrestrial species invasion within the framework of Life Cycle Assessment
Nallithodi, Rahul (Master thesis, 2021)Biologiske invasjoner utgjør en betydelig trussel mot funksjonen til økosystemer og samfunn rundt om i verden, og er en av de viktigste driverne for globalt tap av biologisk mangfold. Terrestriske invasive fremmede arter ... -
Development of life cycle impact assessment methodologies for impacts on marine ecosystems
Woods, John Sebastian (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2018:333, Doctoral thesis, 2018)Marine resources are increasingly important for satisfying the needs and wants of the human society. With currently unprecedented human demands on marine resources and space, concerns are rising over observed declines in ... -
Do Amphibians and Cash Crops Compete for Scarce Water? A Spatial Correlation Analysis
Moran, Daniel; Petersone, Milda; Verones, Francesca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)It has been argued that the trade of water intensive crops may be beneficial as it helps alleviate regional differences in water scarcity by effectively transporting moisture from humid regions to arid ones. However, the ... -
Do Cash Crops and Species Compete for Scarce Water?
Petersone, Milda (Master thesis, 2015)Water scarcity is a major environmental challenge of today. More than 2/3 of global water consumption is used in agriculture, part of which for export production or so called cash crops. Some argue that trade of water ... -
An effect factor approach for quantifying the entanglement impact on marine species of macroplastic debris within life cycle impact assessment
Woods, John Sebastian; Rødder, Gorm; Verones, Francesca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Plastic waste from anthropogenic activities is accumulating in the marine environment and poses a threat to marine biodiversity. Nevertheless, tools to assess the potential ecosystem damage from plastic waste are currently ... -
Empirical Characterization Factors for Life Cycle Assessment of the Impacts of Reservoir Occupation on Macroinvertebrate Richness across the United States
Trottier, Gabrielle; Turgeon, Katrine; Verones, Francesca; Boisclair, Daniel; Bulle, Cecile; Margni, Manuele (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The transformation of a river into a reservoir and the subsequent occupation of the riverbed by a reservoir can impact freshwater ecosystems and their biodiversity. We used the National Lake Assessment (134 reservoirs) and ... -
A First Integration of Anthropogenic Underwater Noise Pollution Impacts on Marine Ecosystems in an LCA Framework - The case of cetaceans in the North Sea
Middel, Heleen (Master thesis, 2016)The world s oceans provide many ecosystem services that are of high importance to human well-being. A variety of human activities, however, poses threats on the quality of the marine ecosystems. Due to the dependence of ... -
A framework for the assessment of marine litter impacts in life cycle impact assessment
Woods, John Sebastian; Verones, Francesca; Jolliet, Olivier; Vázquez-Rowe, Ian; Boulay, Anne-Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Purpose Marine litter, mostly plastics, is a growing environmental problem. Environmental decision makers are beginning to take actions and implement regulations that aim to reduce plastic use and waste mismanagement. ... -
Furthering the representation of causal chains between water and land use in Life Cycle Assessment
Moxnes, Martin Flaktveit (Master thesis, 2015)In this thesis the causal chains between deforestation and increased flood impacts are assessed for expanding the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) methodology. Until recently the impact categories water use and land use ... -
Generating environmental sampling and testing data for micro- and nanoplastics for use in life cycle impact assessment
Askham, Cecilia; Pauna, Valentina H.; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Fantke, Peter; Jolliet, Olivier; Lavoie, Jerome; Booth, Andy; Coutris, Claire; Verones, Francesca; Weber, Miriam; Vijver, Martina G.; Lusher, Amy Lorraine; Hajjar, Carla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Ongoing efforts focus on quantifying plastic pollution and describing and estimating the related magnitude of exposure and impacts on human and environmental health. Data gathered during such work usually follows a receptor ... -
Global distribution of potential impact hotspots for marine plastic debris entanglement
Høiberg, Marthe Alnes; Woods, John Sebastian; Verones, Francesca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Marine animals have been known to interact with and become entangled in plastic debris for decades. Despite increasing annual input volumes of plastic waste to the natural environment and the threat this constitutes to ...