Jatropha in Mexico: Environmental and social impacts of an incipient biofuel program

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Skutsch, Margaret ^a   De los Rios, Emilio ^b   Solis, Silvia ^a   Riegelhaupt, Enrique ^b   Hinojosa, Daniel ^a   Gerfert, Sonya ^c   Gao, Yan ^a   Masera, Omar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b REMBIO ^*  (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Carbon balance; Estates; Smallholders; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CARBON BALANCE; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD SECURITY; PLANTATION; SMALLHOLDER; SOCIAL IMPACT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

JATROPHA;

EID: 84930483613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04448-160411     Document Type: Article

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