A method for calculating a land-use change carbon footprint (LUC-CFP) for agricultural commodities - applications to Brazilian beef and soy, Indonesian palm oil

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3482-3491

  Persson, U Martin ^a   Henders, Sabine ^b   Cederberg, Christel ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beef; Brazil; Carbon footprint; Deforestation; Indonesia; Land use change; Palm oil; Soybeans

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

PALM OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDONESIA; MEAT; PROCEDURES; SOYBEAN;

AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INDONESIA; MEAT; PLANT OILS; SOYBEANS;

EID: 84907890346     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12635     Document Type: Article

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