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Pastoral farming can result in adverse environmental effects such as nitrogen leaching and greenhouse gas emissions … how efficiently nitrogen leaching and greenhouse gas are used to generate production. We interpret this distribution as a … existing best practice. We can explain only 48% percent of the OVERSEER-modelled variation in New Zealand dairy farms’ nitrogen …
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We use FUND 3.5 to estimate the social cost of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and sulphur hexafluoride … cost of methane is comparable to previous estimates. Our estimate of the global damage potential of methane is close to the …
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Biogas recovery systems that use methane from manure to generate electricity have not been widely adopted in U …
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Methane is a major anthropogenic greenhouse gas, second only to carbon dioxide (CO2) in its impact on climate change …. Methane (CH4) has a high global warming potential that is 25 times as large as the one of CO2 on a 100 year time horizon … dispersed, and not related to energy sectors. In this report, we analyze methane emission abatement options in five different …
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We use FUND 3.5 to estimate the social cost of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and sulphur hexafluoride … cost of methane is comparable to previous estimates. Our estimate of the global damage potential of methane is close to the …
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The authors use FUND 3.9 to estimate the social cost of four greenhouse gases-carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide … potentials for methane and nitrous oxide are much higher with carbon dioxide fertilization included, and higher than many …
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Anaerobic digesters can provide renewable energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from manure management. Government policies that encourage digester adoption by livestock operations include construction cost-share grants, renewable electricity subsidies, and carbon pricing (offset) programs....
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Payments for environmental services (PES) are a potential mechanism to provide incentives for sustainable management of grasslands and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. PES is not widely practiced in Mongolia, but has been included in the Green Development Strategy of the government. This...
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The threats posed by climate change have significant impacts on Mongolia’s grassland ecosystems and herders’ livelihoods. This publication discusses the auses of climate change and its impacts on livelihoods and ecosystems for herders and the general public. It explains how good pasture...
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