Assessing the environmental impact of palm oil produced in Thailand

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 100, Issue , 2015, Pages 150-169

  Saswattecha, Kanokwan ^a   Kroeze, Carolien ^a,c   Jawjit, Warit ^b   Hein, Lars ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WALAILAK UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Oil palm plantation; Palm oil mill; Palm oil production; RSPO; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; RIVER POLLUTION; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATERSHEDS; WEED CONTROL;

OIL PALM PLANTATIONS; OIL PRODUCTION; PALM OIL MILLS; RSPO; THAILAND;

PALM OIL;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84930376788     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.03.037     Document Type: Article

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