Mitigation of global warming through renewable biomass

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-89

  Dhillon, R S ^a   von Wuehlisch, George ^b  

^a CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

Author keywords

Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Mitigation; Renewable biomass

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; AGROFORESTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CO; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MITIGATION; RESEARCH STRATEGY; SOURCE OF ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES;

GLOBAL WARMING;

AIR QUALITY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FODDER; FOOD PRODUCTION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATES; CONSERVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GASES; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84871540259     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.11.005     Document Type: Review

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