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International Journal of Earth & Environmental Sciences Volume 6 (2021), Article ID 6:IJEES-184, 10 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-351X/2021/184
Original Article
Special Issue: Geo-technology and Environmental Engineering
Greenhouse Gas Emission from Palm Oil Industry in Thailand and its Countermeasures

Jun-Jun Ma1,*, Takeshi Fujino1,*, YiHeng Lim1, Wilailuk Niyommaneerat2 and Orathai Chavalparit3

1Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
2Environmental Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
3Department of Environmental Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Jun-Jun Ma, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan; E-mail: ba.g.227@ms.saitama-u.ac.jp
Takeshi Fujino, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan, Tel: +81-48-858- 9574; E-mail: fujino@mail.saitama-u.ac.jp
29 June 2021; 26 July 2021; 28 July 2021
Ma JJ, Fujino T, Lim Y, Niyommaneerat W, Chavalparit O, et al. (2021) Greenhouse Gas Emission from Palm Oil Industry in Thailand and Its Countermeasures. Int J Earth Environ Sci 6: 184. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-351X/2021/184
This research was funded by the Research Center for Sustainable Development in East Asia, Saitama University.
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