Trading forests: Land-use change and carbon emissions embodied in production and exports of forest-risk commodities

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Henders, Sabine ^a   Persson, U Martin ^b   Kastner, Thomas ^c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

carbon footprint; deforestation; international trade; sustainable supply chains; teleconnections

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHAINS; COMMERCE; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LAND USE; OIL SHALE; PALM OIL; SOYBEAN OIL; SUPPLY CHAINS; TROPICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES; EMBODIED EMISSIONS; POLICY INTERVENTION; PRODUCTION LOCATIONS; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS; TELECONNECTIONS; TROPICAL DEFORESTATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CARBON EMISSION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEFORESTATION; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; SOYBEAN; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; TELECONNECTION; TRADE FLOW; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; TROPICAL REGION;

CARBON; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION; FOREIGN TRADE; FORESTS; LAND USE; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; EUROPE; INDIA; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SOUTH AMERICA;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84952772750     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/125012     Document Type: Article

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