Calculating land use change in carbon footprints of agricultural products as an impact of current land use

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 28, Issue , 2012, Pages 120-126

  Ponsioen, T C ^a   Blonk, T J ^a  

^a Blonk Milieu Advies (Blonk Environmental Consultants)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbon footprint; Food; Global warming; Land use change; Lifecycle assessment

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION; AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; IMPACT MODEL; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFECYCLE ASSESSMENT; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; TIMBER HARVESTS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AGRICULTURE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DEPRECIATION; ECONOMICS; FOOD PRODUCTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; TIMBER;

LAND USE;

EID: 84858338053     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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