High carbon and biodiversity costs from converting Africa’s wet savannahs to cropland

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Citation

Searchinger, T., Estes, L., Thornton, P.K., Beringer, T., Notenbaert, A, Rubenstein, D., Heimlich, R., Licker, R. and Herrero, M. 2015. High carbon and biodiversity costs from converting Africa’s wet savannahs to cropland. Nature Climate Change 5: 481–486.

Authors

  • Searchinger, Tim
  • Estes, L
  • Thornton, Philip K.
  • Beringer, T
  • Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
  • Rubenstein, D
  • Heimlich, R
  • Licker, R
  • Herrero, Mario

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