Global greenhouse gas implications of land conversion to biofuel crop cultivation in arid and semi-arid lands - Lessons learned from Jatropha

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 135-145

  Achten, W M J ^a,e   Trabucco, A ^a,b   Maes, W H ^c   Verchot, L V ^d   Aerts, R ^a   Mathijs, E ^a   Vantomme, P ^e   Singh, V P ^f   Muys, B ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Euro Mediterranean Center on Climate Change   (Italy)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^e FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^f WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^g European Forest Institute (EFI)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Annual repayment; Carbon debt; Carbon stock; Climate change mitigation; Jatropha biomass; Land use type

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EVERGREEN TREE; FOOD PRODUCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUBLAND; SUSTAINABILITY;

JATROPHA;

EID: 84888142331     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.06.015     Document Type: Article

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