Conserve or convert? Pan-tropical modeling of REDD-bioenergy competition

Biological Conservation

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-88

  Martin Persson, U ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Conservation policy; Palm oil; REDD+; Spatial analysis; Sugar cane

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CARBON EMISSION; CROP YIELD; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ESSENTIAL OIL; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOSSIL FUEL; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE CHANGE; PLANTATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUGAR CANE;

AFRICA; LATIN AMERICA;

ELAEIS; SACCHARUM;

EID: 84857453169     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.10.038     Document Type: Article

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