Environmental Assessment of Flax Straw Production for Non-wood Pulp Mills

a Dipartimento di Gestione Sostenibile dei Sistemi Agrari, Alimentari e Forestale (GESAAF)Universitá Degli Studi di Firenze, Via S. Bonaventura, 13 50145 Firenze, Italy b Grupo de investigación en Ciencias Ambientales (GRICAM)Universidad Politécnica Salesiana Quito-Ecuador, Rumichaca y Morán Valverde s/n-Quito, Tel. (+593) 2 3962900 c Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria Centro di ricerca per le colture industriali (CREACIN).– via di Corticella 133, 40128 Bologna,Italy d Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (DiSAAA-a), University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy lramirez@ups.edu.ec

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