Saving Tropical Forests by Knowing What We Consume

Conservation Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 267-274

  Giam, Xingli ^a,b   Mani, Letchumi ^a,c   Koh, Lian Pin ^d   Tan, Hugh T W ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Certification; consumer attitudes; land use change; oil palm; RSPO; Southeast Asia; sustainability labeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947332027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12209     Document Type: Article

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