DOCUMENTATION OF LAND USE INDICATORS ... - GaBi Software

DOCUMENTATION OF LAND USE INDICATORS ... - GaBi Software DOCUMENTATION OF LAND USE INDICATORS ... - GaBi Software

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2 For the following proccess groups s, land use indicator va alues have been impleemented into o GaBi andd are docummented in thiis report: Agrricultural proocesses Bauuxite Coppper Harrd coal Ironn Ore Lignite Oree GABI DOOCUMENT TATION Table 2 - TTable 8 shoow for the different d couuntries and process types the lannd use types s regardingg t1-t4, respeectively tref . The land use u types foor t1 were chosen in discussions wwith experts s accordingg to the preedominant lland use ty ype in the area wher re the land d occupatioon takes pl lace out off geographiccal maps. TThe situation ns t4 respecctively tref we ere also cho osen in exppert discuss sions on thee basis of geeographical maps show wing the nattural vegeta ation in the specific areea. For example it wass agreed, thaat a primaryy rain forest used as a mining are ea cannot become b a primary rain forest afterr the use phhase again. It was said d that the aarea is stron ngly disturb bed and cann host only y secondaryy vegetation types. For the agricultural prrocesses, no transformmation indica ator values are calculaated. This is s due to thee fact that thhe farmland is used a lo ong time for farming in n contrary to o a mining aarea. Farmland can bee “used” for hundreds of years. That T meanns it was often o farmla and before the specific use andd afterwardss again. As a further research need there has to be found an aallocation method m thatt addresses this issue. Table 2: LLand use tyypes for agricultural pprocesses Coountry BBrazil Caanada Frrance Geermany t1 Farmland (no commplete surf face vegetation) Farmland (no commplete surf face vegetattion Farmland (no commplete surf face vegetation) t2, t3 Fa armland (no complete surface vege etation) Fa armland (no complete surface vege etation) Fa armland (no complete surface vege etation) Farmland (no commplete Fa armland (no complete t4, tref t Tropical savannah s Wood: Co oniferous woodlands Wood: Mixed tree woodlands Wood: Mixed tree Page 4 / 222

NOTE: Coountry Maalaysia Thhailand Unitedd States of Ammerica “Wood” in this docume ent is definedd to be natur ral, non processed and nnaturally grow wn woodlandd “Forest” inn this docum ment is definned to be ar rtificially plan nted wood ddeemed to be processedd artificially Table 3: LLand use tyypes for Ba auxite extraaction sites s Coountry Auustralia BBrazil Table 4: LLand use tyypes for Co opper extraaction sites s Couuntry Argentina Ausstralia CChile Indoonesia Swweden Table 5: LLand use tyypes for Ha ard coal exttraction sit tes Coountry t1 surf face vegetation) Wood d: (Sub-) troppical Fa armland (no complete Rainforest surface vege etation) Wood d: (Sub-) troppical Fa armland (no complete Rainforest surface vege etation) Farmland (no commplete surf face vegetattion t1 Wo ood: Deciduoous wood dlands, unspeecific Wood d: (Sub-) troppical Rainforest t1 Temperate savannaah Temperate savannaah Se emi-desert Wood: (Sub-) tropiccal Rainforest R Forest: Coniferous C foorest t1 t2, t3 surface vege etation) Fa armland (no complete surface vege etation) t2, t3 Mining area a Mining area a t2, t3 Mining area Mining area Mining area Mining area Mining area t2, t3 t4, tref t woodlands Wood: (Sub b-) tropical Rainfo orest Wood: (Sub b-) tropical Rainfo orest Wood: Mixed tree woodlands t4, tref t Forest steppe s Fallow gro ound (no surface ve egetation) t4, tref f Semi-des sert Semi-des sert Semi-des sert Falloow ground (n no surface vegetatio on) Tundra a t4, tref t Page 5 / 222

2<br />

For the following<br />

proccess<br />

groups s, land use indicator va alues have been impleemented<br />

into o <strong>GaBi</strong> andd<br />

are docummented<br />

in thiis<br />

report:<br />

Agrricultural<br />

proocesses<br />

Bauuxite<br />

Coppper<br />

Harrd<br />

coal<br />

Ironn<br />

Ore<br />

Lignite<br />

Oree<br />

GABI DOOCUMENT<br />

TATION<br />

Table 2 - TTable<br />

8 shoow<br />

for the different d couuntries<br />

and process types<br />

the lannd<br />

use types s regardingg<br />

t1-t4, respeectively<br />

tref . The land use u types foor<br />

t1 were chosen<br />

in discussions<br />

wwith<br />

experts s accordingg<br />

to the preedominant<br />

lland<br />

use ty ype in the area wher re the land d occupatioon<br />

takes pl lace out off<br />

geographiccal<br />

maps. TThe<br />

situation ns t4 respecctively<br />

tref we ere also cho osen in exppert<br />

discuss sions on thee<br />

basis of geeographical<br />

maps show wing the nattural<br />

vegeta ation in the specific areea.<br />

For example<br />

it wass<br />

agreed, thaat<br />

a primaryy<br />

rain forest<br />

used as a mining are ea cannot become b a primary<br />

rain forest afterr<br />

the use phhase<br />

again. It was said d that the aarea<br />

is stron ngly disturb bed and cann<br />

host only y secondaryy<br />

vegetation types.<br />

For the agricultural<br />

prrocesses,<br />

no<br />

transformmation<br />

indica ator values are calculaated.<br />

This is s due to thee<br />

fact that thhe<br />

farmland is used a lo ong time for<br />

farming in n contrary to o a mining aarea.<br />

Farmland<br />

can bee<br />

“used” for hundreds of years. That T meanns<br />

it was often o farmla and before the specific<br />

use andd<br />

afterwardss<br />

again. As a further research need<br />

there has to be found an aallocation<br />

method m thatt<br />

addresses this issue.<br />

Table 2: LLand<br />

use tyypes<br />

for agricultural<br />

pprocesses<br />

Coountry<br />

BBrazil<br />

Caanada<br />

Frrance<br />

Geermany<br />

t1<br />

Farmland<br />

(no commplete<br />

surf face vegetation)<br />

Farmland<br />

(no commplete<br />

surf face vegetattion<br />

Farmland<br />

(no commplete<br />

surf face vegetation)<br />

t2, t3<br />

Fa armland (no complete<br />

surface vege etation)<br />

Fa armland (no complete<br />

surface vege etation)<br />

Fa armland (no complete<br />

surface vege etation)<br />

Farmland<br />

(no commplete<br />

Fa armland (no complete<br />

t4, tref t<br />

Tropical savannah s<br />

Wood: Co oniferous<br />

woodlands<br />

Wood: Mixed<br />

tree<br />

woodlands<br />

Wood: Mixed<br />

tree<br />

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