Non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions from palm oil production in Thailand

Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue , 2015, Pages 67-85

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

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c WALAILAK UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

greenhouse gas emissions; Palm oil; reduction options; RSPO

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961058993     PISSN: 1943815X     EISSN: 19438168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1943815X.2015.1110184     Document Type: Article

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