Producer and consumer responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural production - a perspective from the Brazilian Amazon

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Zaks, D P M ^a   Barford, C C ^a   Ramankutty, N ^b   Foley, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Carbon emissions; Deforestation; Kyoto protocol; Land use; Life cycle assessment; Producerconsumer responsibility

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CARBON; DEFORESTATION; GAS EMISSIONS; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE;

AMAZON; CARBON EMISSIONS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; PRODUCERCONSUMER RESPONSIBILITY;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

EID: 76149101994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/044010     Document Type: Article

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