The local impacts of oil palm expansion in Malaysia; An assessment based on a case study in Sabah State
This study is part of a broader research process assessing the local economic, social and environmental impacts from feedstock expansion for the growing biofuel sector (see German et al. 2011). Nonetheless, in the Malaysian context, biofuel production volumes are negligible despite government interest in promoting sector expansion. Since Malaysia is the second largest palm oil producer in the world, palm oil is slated to become the primary feedstock for biofuel production in the country. Since palm oil consistently outperforms all other substitute vegetable oils on price, it is also becoming a... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | article in proceedings |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2011 |
Schlagwörter: | Sociale Geografie & Planologie |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26883200 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/277963 |