Bioenergy and sustainable development: The dilemma of food security and climate change in the Brazilian savannah

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 194-199

  Finco, Marcus Vinicius Alves ^a,b   Doppler, Werner ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO TOCANTINS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Brazilian savannah; Climate change; Food security; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY; OILS AND FATS; OILSEEDS; PLANNING; REGIONAL PLANNING; SEED; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIO-ENERGY; BRAZILIAN SAVANNAH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; FOOD SECURITY; INTERNATIONAL DEBATE; NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS; REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY POLICY; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SAVANNA; SMALLHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BRAZIL;

JATROPHA CURCAS; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 79957981248     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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