This manuscript is a synthesis of the available information on energy use in farm operations,
and its conversion into carbon equivalent (CE). A principal advantage of expressing energy …

Renewable energy is considered as a solution for mitigating climate change and
environmental pollution; however, an important problem of the application of renewable …

How energy saving and emission reduction measures influence the interrelationship
between carbon emissions and environmental sustainability of cement industry is not very …

Sustainability is rapidly moving from an abstract concept to a measurable state of dynamic
human-ecological systems. The large number of economic, social, and environmental …

In the last decade, two scientific tools have been extensively used worldwide to measure the
human impact on nature: ecological footprint (EF) and emergy analysis (EA). Papers trying …

The increasing prominence of Sustainable Development as a policy objective has initiated a
debate on appropriate frameworks and tools that will both provide guidance for a shift …

Agriculture is currently confronted with the great challenge of feeding a soaring population
given finite resources while simultaneously curbing negative environmental impacts. Thus …

To better manage our environment, systematic information is needed on the state of
ecosystems and their interactions with society. Efforts have been undertaken to design …

In order to reduce our environmental impact, methods for environmental assessment of
human activities are urgently needed. In particular in the case of assessment of land …

Humanity is facing possibly the greatest challenge in its history. Population is expected to
reach 9 billion in 2030. At the same time agricultural land is becoming scarcer and poorer in …