Effectiveness of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) for reducing fires on oil palm concessions in Indonesia from 2012 to 2015

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Cattau, Megan E ^a   Marlier, Miriam E ^a   DeFries, Ruth ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

certification; fire disturbance; humanenvironment coupled system; Indonesia; oil palm; roundtable on sustainable palm oil (RSPO); sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AIR QUALITY; BIODIVERSITY; FIRES; OIL SHALE; RADIOMETERS; WETLANDS;

CERTIFICATION; COUPLED SYSTEMS; FIRE DISTURBANCE; INDONESIA; OIL PALM; ROUNDTABLE ON SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL (RSPO); SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

PALM OIL;

AIR QUALITY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; MODIS; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PEATLAND; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER CERTIFICATION;

BORNEO; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84994508503     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/10/105007     Document Type: Article

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