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Dissipative emissions

Manageable or inevitable?

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Managing a Material World

Part of the book series: Environment & Policy ((ENPO,volume 13))

Abstract

The highly productive present day agriculture in western European countries uses large amounts of fertilisers and pesticides. In certain regions, intensive husbandry has resulted in manure production far exceeding the absorbtion capacity of the crops grown. Due to run-off and leaching, nutrients — once important and valuable inputs — have now become a major threat to ecosystem functioning. In order to protect biodiversity, and to prevent ecosystems from adverse effects of excess amounts of nutrients, e.g. eutrophication of rivers and lakes, flows of these substances shoud be managed. However, due to the highly dissipative character of this substance flow, their emissions are largely inevitable. This has implications for sustainable nutrient management.

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Van Der Veeren, R. (1998). Dissipative emissions. In: Vellinga, P., Berkhout, F., Gupta, J. (eds) Managing a Material World. Environment & Policy, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5125-2_13

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