Biofuel consumption, deforestation, and farm level tree growing in rural India

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 291-303

  Mahapatra, A K ^a   Mitchell, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Dung fuel; Eastern India; Farm forestry; Fuelwood; Leaf fuel

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDIA;

BIOMASS; DEFORESTATION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; TREE;

INDIA;

EID: 0032870457     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(99)00056-2     Document Type: Article

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