Mitigating climate change through food and land use

Worldwatch Paper

Volumn , Issue 179, 2009, Pages 1-49

  Scherr, Sara J ^a   Sthapit, Sajal ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; MITIGATION; NATIONAL PLANNING; PROFITABILITY; SOIL EMISSION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; POACEAE;

EID: 80051766148     PISSN: 02708019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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