Neither climate protection nor energy security: Biofuels for biofools?

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Volumn 5, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 89-108

  Spangenberg, Joachim H ^a   Settele, Josef ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biofuels; Biomass; Biotechnology; Brazil

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249102169     PISSN: 13047310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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