Biofuel plantations on forested lands: Double jeopardy for biodiversity and climate;Plantaciones de biocombustible en terrenos boscosos: Doble peligro para la biodiversidad y el clima

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 348-358

  Danielsen, Finn ^a   Beukema, Hendrien ^b   Burgess, Neil D ^c,d   Parish, Faizal ^e   BrÜhl, Carsten A ^f   Donald, Paul F ^g   Murdiyarso, Daniel ^h   Phalan, Ben ^c   Reijnders, Lucas ⁱ   Struebig, Matthew ^j   Fitzherbert, Emily B ^k,l  

^a Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^e Global Environment Centre   (Malaysia)

^f Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^g RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^h CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^j QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Biofuel plantation; Compensation point; Oil palm plantation biodiversity; Oil palm plantation emission; Palm oil production impact; Peatland conversion; Plantation development

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE OIL;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUEL; CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; FOREST CLEARANCE; GREENHOUSE GAS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PEATLAND; PLANTATION; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGY; CHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE; VERTEBRATE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ARECACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INVERTEBRATES; PLANT OILS; TREES; VERTEBRATES;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALIA; ELAEIS; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; ORCHIDACEAE; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 62549104186     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01096.x     Document Type: Article

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