Environmental Sustainability in Beef Production and Life Cycle Assessment as a Tool for Analysis

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Pedro Henrique Presumido
Fernando Sousa
Artur Gonçalves
Tatiane Cristina Dal Bosco
Manuel Feliciano

Abstract

The sustainability of meat production systems has been highlighted by the impact on the environment and the conservation of natural resources. The aim of this manuscript is to provide a specific review of the environmental sustainability of beef production in a life cycle assessment (LCA) context. Questions about the main environmental impacts caused by beef production were discussed. The phases of the LCA were detailed as well as the main functional units, boundaries of the systems and categories of impacts used in recent studies. LCA is a fast, easy and intuitive method that correlates human activities and their environmental performance in different sectors, such as beef production.

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Pedro Henrique Presumido, Universidade do Porto

Programa Doutoral em Engenharia do Ambiente

Faculdade de Engenharia

Universidade do Porto

Rua Dr. Roberto Frias

4200-465 PORTO

Portugal

Fernando Sousa, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança

CIMO - Centro de Investigação de Montanha

Instituto Politécnico de Bragança

Campus Santa Apolónia

5300-253 Bragança

Portugal

Artur Gonçalves, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança

CIMO - Centro de Investigação de Montanha

Instituto Politécnico de Bragança

Campus Santa Apolónia

5300-253 Bragança

Portugal

Tatiane Cristina Dal Bosco, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná

Departamento de Engenharia Ambiental

Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná

Estr. dos Pioneiros, 3131 - Jardim Morumbi, Londrina - PR, 86036-370

Brasil

Manuel Feliciano, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança

CIMO - Centro de Investigação de Montanha

Instituto Politécnico de Bragança

Campus Santa Apolónia

5300-253 Bragança

Portugal