Global change synergies and trade-offs between renewable energy and biodiversity

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 941-951

  Santangeli, Andrea ^a   Toivonen, Tuuli ^a   Pouzols, Federico Montesino ^b   Pogson, Mark ^c   Hastings, Astley ^d   Smith, Pete ^d   Moilanen, Atte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bioenergy; conservation planning; environmental impact avoidance; offsetting; spatial conservation prioritization; species richness; trade off

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOSSIL FUELS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER;

BIO-ENERGY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION PRIORITIZATION; OFFSETTING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADE OFF;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL CHANGE; PRIORITIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SOLAR POWER; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADE-OFF; WIND POWER;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 84983009802     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12299     Document Type: Article

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