Wood polymer composites technology supporting the recovery and protection of tropical forests: The amazonian phoenix project

Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1431-1443

  Branciforti, Marcia C ^a   Marinelli, Alessandra L ^a   Kobayashi, Marcio ^a   Ambrosio, Jose D ^a   Monteiro, Marcos R ^a   Nobre, Antonio D ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonian forest; Native plant fibers; Polymer wood composites

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650223616     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su1041431     Document Type: Article

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