Sensible consumerism for environmental sustainability

Biological Conservation

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-6

  Koh, Lian Pin ^a,b   Lee, Tien Ming ^c,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Deforestation; Food security; Oil palm; REDD; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIODIVERSITY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; SOYBEAN; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; CHINA; INDIA; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; UNITED STATES;

ELAEIS; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84862002404     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.10.029     Document Type: Review

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