Including biodiversity aspects in life cycle assessments - A case study of forest-based biofuel

摘要: Analysing the environmental impact connected to biofuels has lately become more important due European Commission’s energy and climate target for 2020. These targets includes among others, 20 % reduction of greenhouse emissions efficiency. One solution achieving this is increase renewable fuel sector. In order decide which that are importance focus on further development use a life cycle assessment (LCA) analyse different impacts caused by cycle. Biodiversity ecosystem services categories recently have interest include in analysis assessments such as assessments. Biodiversity involves diversity genes within species or ecosystem, ecosystems, ecosystems with an area. This underlies all ecological processes therefore it vital be able utilize services. Including concept lifecycle very complicated until few methodologies existed enable this. The largest biodiversity losses been found land changes reason main including LCA. The aim thesis investigate if how possible aspects LCA, not- what needed alternative methods necessary? were answered conducting case study forest based DME where two tested. From literature was draw some conclusions about possibility LCAs. First all, most indicators richness type compared reference. simplified measure whole may not say so much only many lost one taxonomic group proxy biodiversity. Moreover, perform calculations required characterizations factors. Against background can doubt good indicator is. What research data available well groups altered geographic locations characterization way current methodology improved.