1. Establishing a Diagnosis: Inventorying, Monitoring and Assessing
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Vincent Colomb, Benoit Gabrielle, Jean-François Castell, Carole Bedos, Christian Bockstaller, Aurélien Gouzy, Sophie Genermont, Etienne Mathias, Ecologie fonctionnelle et écotoxicologie des agroécosystèmes (ECOSYS), AgroParisTech-Université Paris-Saclay-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Centre interprofessionnel technique d'étude des pollutions atmosphériques (CITEPA), Laboratoire Agronomie et Environnement - Antenne Colmar (LAE-Colmar ), Laboratoire Agronomie et Environnement (LAE), Université de Lorraine (UL)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Energie (ADEME), and Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS)
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Pollution ,Monitoring ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Air pollution ,Public policy ,Observation ,Network ,010501 environmental sciences ,Assessment ,medicine.disease_cause ,01 natural sciences ,11. Sustainability ,medicine ,Air quality index ,Environmental planning ,Risk management ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,media_common ,Pollutant ,Ecosystem health ,business.industry ,Inventory ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,15. Life on land ,Indicator ,13. Climate action ,Agriculture ,Air quality ,[SDE]Environmental Sciences ,040103 agronomy & agriculture ,0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ,Environmental science ,business - Abstract
International audience; Improving air quality is a major challenge for public health and the environment. Assessing the contribution of agricultural activity to air pollution and the resulting impacts is a prerequisite for recommending mitigation practices. More important, their long-term adoption can only be justified by performing a real-time assessment of their effectiveness. Since the 1990s, using emission indicators, air contamination levels and environmental impacts has indeed become a widespread means of supporting decision-making at different levels, risk management and public policy assessment. However, this assessment is made difficult owing to the complex network of processes involved and the variability in pollutant emission and deposition. This chapter first details the methodologies implemented for emission inventories, used to better target the largest contributing sources, to check whether national commitments have been met, and to assess the trends. It also presents observation networks established to monitor background air pollution, deposition as precipitation, gases and particles in rural and forest areas, and impacts on terrestrial ecosystems. Finally, it outlines the indicators used to assess the impacts of agricultural practices on human and ecosystem health via the atmospheric compartment and it gives examples of their practical use to manage pollution risks, evaluate agricultural practices or compare agricultural products.
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- 2020
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