Reduction of methane released from palm oil mill lagoon in Malaysia and its countermeasures

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-252

  Shirai, Yoshihito ^a   Wakisaka, Minato ^a   Yacob, Shahrakbah ^a   Hassan, Mohd Ali ^b   Suzuki, Shin'ichi ^c  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c EX Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clean Development Mechanism; Greenhouse gases; Methane; Palm oil industry; Palm oil mill effluent

Indexed keywords

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; MILL;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 0346422333     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MITI.0000005641.97009.14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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