The importance of land use change in the environmental balance of biofuels

OCL - Oilseeds and fats, crops and lipids

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Ben Aoun, Wassim ^a   Gabrielle, Benoît ^a   Gagnepain, Bruno ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maitrise de l'Energie ADEME   (France)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Land use change; Life cycle assessment; Sustainability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891148913     PISSN: 22726977     EISSN: 22576614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/ocl/2013027     Document Type: Article

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