Use of mathematical models and emergy synthesis for the identification and valuation of ecosystem services and externalities in aquaculture production

• Grant number: 19/21703-6
• Support type: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): February 28, 2020
• Effective date (End): February 27, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Fishery Resources and Fishery Engineering - Aquaculture
• Principal researcher: Fabiana Garcia Scaloppi
• Grantee: Luiz Henrique Castro David
• Supervisor abroad: Karel J. Keesman
• Home Institution: Instituto de Pesca. Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios (APTA). Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento (São Paulo - Estado). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Research place: Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands
• Associated to the scholarship: 18/20463-9 - Tilapia production systems with certification potential, BP.DR

Abstract

The aquaculture exponential growth has attracted the attention of researchers, civil society and non-governmental organizations concerned with the environmental, economic and social impacts related to the activity. In this way, it is essential to know how sustainable the systems really are for efficient activity management. Thus, the only way to do this is through sustainability assessments like emergy synthesis. However, sustainability assessment studies using emergy synthesis have not accounted for the ecosystem services and externalities that aquaculture production systems promote. In addition, estimating the magnitude of these factors and including them in the cost of production has been a challenge for environmental economists and scientists involved with the sustainability of aquaculture. In this context, the main objective of this project is to include ecosystem services and externalities in aquaculture sustainability assessments, as a way to promote the sustainable management of long-term activity. For this, productive, operational, economic and social data for this project were obtained from the main tilapia production systems in Brazil. From the raw data analysis, possible ecosystem services and externalities promoted by the systems will be identified, valued by mathematical modeling, and after this the results will be converted to an emergy value, so that they can be incorporated in the emergy synthesis and have their impact on the sustainability of the systems evaluated. Therefore, to assist in the conduct of this project, all methodologies and results will be analyzed and discussed under the assistance of researchers from Wageningen University and Research, and the advisor from Brazil. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DAVID, LUIZ H.; PINHO, SARA M.; AGOSTINHO, FENI; KIMPARA, JANAINA MITSUE; KEESMAN, KAREL J.; GARCIA, FABIANA. Emergy synthesis for aquaculture: A review on its constraints and potentials. Reviews in Aquaculture, v. 13, n. 2, NOV 2020. (18/20463-9, 18/13235-0, 19/21703-6, 19/02140-0)

DAVID, LUIZ H.; PINHO, SARA M.; KEESMAN, KAREL J.; GARCIA, FABIANA. Assessing the sustainability of tilapia farming in biofloc-based culture using emergy synthesis. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, v. 131, NOV 2021. (19/21315-6, 19/21703-6)

PINHO, SARA M.; DE LIMA, JESSICA P.; DAVID, LUIZ H.; EMERENCIANO, MAURICIO G. C.; GODDEK, SIMON; VERDEGEM, MARC C. J.; KEESMAN, KAREL J.; PORTELLA, MARIA CELIA. FLOCponics: The integration of biofloc technology with plant production. Reviews in Aquaculture, SEP 2021. (19/21703-6, 18/13235-0, 17/50431-9, 19/21315-6, 18/20463-9)

PINHO, SARA M.; DAVID, LUIZ H.; GARCIA, FABIANA; KEESMAN, KAREL J.; PORTELLA, MARIA CELIA; GODDEK, SIMON. South American fish species suitable for aquaponics: a review. AQUACULTURE INTERNATIONAL, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1427-1449, AUG 2021. (19/02140-0, 19/21703-6, 17/50431-9, 18/20463-9, 18/13235-0, 19/21315-6)