A novel approach in monitoring land-cover change in the tropics: oil palm cultivation in the Niger Delta, Nigeria
The increasing demand for palm oil and bioenergy has promoted the expansion of tropical farmland covered with oil palms (Elaeis guineensis), resulting in increased competition with food production as well as environmental degradation. Moreover, oil palm cultivation may have increased greenhouse gas...
Main Authors: | Okoro, Stanley U., Schickhoff, Udo, Böhner, Jürgen, Schneider, Uwe A. |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin
2016-03-01
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Series: | DIE ERDE: Journal of the Geographical Society of Berlin |
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Online Access: | http://www.die-erde.org/index.php/die-erde/article/view/254/122 |
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