The greenhouse gas balance of the oil palm industry in Colombia: a preliminary analysis. I. Carbon sequestration and carbon offsets

Colombia is currently the world’s fifth largest producer of palm oil and the largest producer in South and Central America. It has substantial areas of land that could be used for additional oil palm production and there is considerable scope for increasing yields of existing planted areas. Much of...

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Main Authors: Ian E Henson, Rodrigo Ruiz R, Hernán Mauricio Romero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro Editorial of Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2012-09-01
Series:Agronomía Colombiana
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0120-99652012000300007&lng=en&tlng=en