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How the emergence of biofuels challenges environmental conservation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2008

TOBIAS PLIENINGER  and
OLIVER BENS
TOBIAS PLIENINGER*
Affiliation:
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and HumanitiesJägerstraße 22/23, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
OLIVER BENS
Affiliation:
GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam Telegraphenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
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*Correspondence: Dr Tobias Plieninger Tel: +49 30 20370538 Fax: +49 30 20370214 e-mail: plieninger@bbaw.de
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 34 , Issue 4 , December 2007 , pp. 273 - 275
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 2008

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