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Feasibility of Applying Clean Development Mechanism and GHGs Emission Reductions in the Gold Mining Industry: A Case of Thailand Cover

Feasibility of Applying Clean Development Mechanism and GHGs Emission Reductions in the Gold Mining Industry: A Case of Thailand

Environmental and Climate Technologies
Volume 15 (2015): Issue 1 (December 2015)
By: Suthirat Kittipongvises  
Open Access
|Feb 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rtuect-2015-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208
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Language: English
Page range: 34 - 47
Published on: Feb 12, 2016
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
CDM,
GHGs emission reductions,
gold mining industry,
Thailand
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Life sciences, other

© 2016 Suthirat Kittipongvises, published by Riga Technical University
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