A global conversation about energy from biomass: The continental conventions of the global sustainable bioenergy project

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Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-279

  Lynd, Lee Rybeck ^a   Aziz, Ramlan Abdul ^b   Cruz, Carlos Henrique de Brito ^c   Chimphango, Annie Fabian Abel ^d   Cortez, Luis Augusto Barbosa ^e   Faaij, Andre ^f   Greene, Nathanael ^g   Keller, Martin ^h   Osseweijer, Patricia ⁱ   Richard, Tom L ^j   Sheehan, John ^k   Chugh, Archana ^l   van der Wielen, Luuk ⁱ   Woods, Jeremy ^m   van Zyl, Willem Heber ^d  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c FAPESP   (Brazil)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g Natural Resources Defense Council   (United States)

^h OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^j University Park   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^l INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^m IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Bioenergy; Global sustainable bioenergy project; Plant biomass

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053113297     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2010.0047     Document Type: Review

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