Knowing the subterranean: Land grabbing, oil palm, and divergent expertise in Indonesia’s peat soil

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 754-770

  Goldstein, Jenny E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; carbon emissions; ecological management; Indonesia; knowledge production; land grabs; oil palm; subterranean

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CARBON EMISSION; LAND MANAGEMENT; PEAT SOIL; PEATLAND; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; VEGETABLE OIL;

INDONESIA;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84962022093     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308518X15599787     Document Type: Article

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