Carbon balance impacts of land use changes related to the life cycle of Malaysian palm oil-derived biodiesel

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 558-566

  Hansen, Sune Balle ^a,b   Olsen, Stig Irving ^a   Ujang, Zaini ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Forest; Land use change; LUC; Palm oil; Plantations; Rubber; Temporary carbon storage

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; PALM OIL; RUBBER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOREST; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MALAYSIA; PEATLAND; PLANT LEAF; PLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84898831552     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-013-0672-3     Document Type: Article

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