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Environmental impacts of sugar production : the cultivation and processing of sugarcane and sugar beet / by Oliver D. Cheesman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cheesman, Oliver.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sugar crops--Environmental aspects.
- Sugar crops.
- Agriculture--Environmental aspects.
- Agriculture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : CABI International, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Pressure from conservationists and increasing regulation, means that environmental considerations are increasingly important for the sugar industry. This book examines the environmental impacts of the sugar industry in relation to the cultivation of sugar crops (cane and beet) and the processing of the raw materials that they yield.
- Contents:
- Preface; Foreword; 1 Background; 2 Overview; 3 Water Consumption; 4 Impacts on Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystems; 5 Impacts on Terrestrial Biodiversity; 6 Impacts on Soils; 7 Atmospheric Impacts; 8 Use and Impacts of By-products; References; Appendices; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-90837-8
- 9786610908370
- 0-85199-053-3
- OCLC:
- 476080819
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