Impact assessment of the European biofuel directive on land use and biodiversity

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1389-1396

  Hellmann, Fritz ^a   Verburg, Peter H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biofuels; Direct effects; Europe; Indirect effects; Land use

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CROPS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; VEGETATION;

DIRECT EFFECT; EUROPE; EXPLICIT ANALYSIS; FOOD CROPS; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; INDIRECT EFFECTS; LAND USE TYPE; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SEMI-NATURAL VEGETATION; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIOFUEL;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUEL; CULTIVATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAND USE CHANGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENERGY CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAND USE; POLICY; VEGETATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 77950948101     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.02.022     Document Type: Article

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