Multi-Risk Assessment to Evaluate the Environmental Impact of Outdoor Pig Production Areas: A Case Study

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In its current form, critical improvements to your research methodology are required to ensure your results are appropriately substantiated and conclusions are fully supported, in alignment with current research standards.

We have applied current research standards, for example in the key factor because the topographic support data refer to the current year and provide us with detailed data (20 cm resolution), of very high precision, it is these data that provide the accuracy in the two models.

The current manuscript has a very local focus, not suitable to a wider international audience.

Our methodology is applicable in wider international audience, because this reproduceable and replicable, mainly because the producers are engaged in more sustainable and environmentally friendly forms of production, and it is mandatory for the scientific community to develop tools and data that can support the decision where these productions can and will be less harmful to the environment.

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Moderate English changes required

The English was revised by a native.

Does the introduction provide sufficient background and include all relevant references? Must be improved

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Are all the cited references relevant to the research? Must be improved

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Is the research design appropriate? Must be improved

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Are the methods adequately described? Must be improved

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when the design of the MS is not correct, the entire MS will be not correct

We have applied current research standards, for example in the key factor because the topographic support data refer to the current year and provide us with detailed data (20 cm resolution), of very high precision, it is these data that provide the accuracy in the two models.

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 [line 126] Please, you must also specify the minimums and maximums of temperature and annual rainfall.

The region has a Mediterranean climate, with an average (1986-2015) temperature of 15.0ºC, presenting a minimum value of 9.4 ºC and a maximum value of 9.4 ºC and 735 mm of annual precipitation in which the month with the least precipitation is July with 5.9 mm and the month with the most precipitation is December with 112.2 mm [22].

Revise the English style/grammar of the whole paper.

The English was revised in spatial the grammar stile by a native.