Oil palm boom and land-use dynamics in Indonesia: The role of policies and socioeconomic factors

Land Use Policy

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 292-303

  Gatto, Marcel ^a   Wollni, Meike ^a   Qaim, Matin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Government policy; Indonesia; Land use change; Oil palm; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; PLANTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; JAMBI [INDONESIA]; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84925933707     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.03.001     Document Type: Article

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