Biofuels: Balancing risks and rewards

Interface Focus

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Thornley, Patricia ^a   Gilbert, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Certification; Greenhouse gas savings; Soy; Sustainability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871689632     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2012.0040     Document Type: Article

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