Sustainable Woodfuel Supplies from the Dry Tropical Woodlands
Dry tropical woodlands provide around 80 percent of the energy needs of both urban and rural populations in Africa and are of similar importance on a more localized scale in other areas. They also provide livestock fodder, building poles and many o...
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okr-10986-202942021-04-23T14:03:37Z Sustainable Woodfuel Supplies from the Dry Tropical Woodlands World Bank ACACIA AGRICULTURE ANIMALS AREA OF FOREST AREA OF WOODLAND BARK BIOMASS CATCHMENT CATCHMENT AREAS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLIMATIC ZONE COMMERCIAL FORESTRY COMMERCIAL VALUE COMMERCIAL WOOD PRODUCTION DEFORESTATION DEGRADATION DESERTIFICATION DRAINAGE DROUGHT DRY SEASON ELECTRICITY ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS FALLOW LANDS FAO FARM FARMERS FARMING FARMS FIREWOOD FODDER FOREST FOREST AREAS FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST SERVICE FOREST SERVICES FOREST TREES FORESTERS FORESTRY FORESTRY LEGISLATION FORESTRY MANAGEMENT FORESTS FUELWOOD FUELWOOD SUPPLY GRASSES GRAZING HARVESTERS HARVESTING LAND COVER LANDSCAPE LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS LEAVES PASTORALISM PLANTATIONS POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRODUCE RAIN RAINFALL REGENERATION RIVERS SEEDS SEVERE DROUGHT SHRUBS SOIL SOIL COMPOSITION SOIL TYPES STATE FORESTRY STATE FORESTS SUGAR TEMPERATURE TIMBER TREE SPECIES TREES UNEP VEGETATION VEGETATION COVER VEGETATION TYPES WOOD WOODLAND WOODLAND RESOURCES WOODLANDS Dry tropical woodlands provide around 80 percent of the energy needs of both urban and rural populations in Africa and are of similar importance on a more localized scale in other areas. They also provide livestock fodder, building poles and many of the daily needs of the rural people living in and around them. Concern about the degradation and depletion of these woodlands date back a long time. Large numbers of woodfuel projects were launched but it soon became evident that many had started with simplistic views of the problems they were addressing. Many of the proposed solutions were impractical or depended on continued inputs on labor and materials not available in the long term. Others made unrealistic demands on local administrations and institutions. Even more importantly, it began to emerge that there were serious flaws in the woodfuel supply and demand analysis on which the great majority of these woodfuel projects were based. This had led to a gradual evolution and change in thinking. The newly emerging consensus suggests that the danger posed by woodfuel harvesting is far less than previously supposed and that the "woodful crisis" has been greatly exaggerated. If the dry tropical woodlands are in danger, it is not because they are being depleted by woodfuel harvesting but because they are of little, if any, economic, as opposed to environmental or social, value. It may be that woodfuel harvesting can provide an economic reason for their preservation. 2014-09-30T18:22:51Z 2014-09-30T18:22:51Z 2001-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1711093/sustainable-woodfuel-supplies-dry-tropical-woodlands http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20294 English en_US Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP) technical paper series;no. 13 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Publications & Research :: ESMAP Paper Publications & Research Africa |
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ACACIA AGRICULTURE ANIMALS AREA OF FOREST AREA OF WOODLAND BARK BIOMASS CATCHMENT CATCHMENT AREAS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLIMATIC ZONE COMMERCIAL FORESTRY COMMERCIAL VALUE COMMERCIAL WOOD PRODUCTION DEFORESTATION DEGRADATION DESERTIFICATION DRAINAGE DROUGHT DRY SEASON ELECTRICITY ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS FALLOW LANDS FAO FARM FARMERS FARMING FARMS FIREWOOD FODDER FOREST FOREST AREAS FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST SERVICE FOREST SERVICES FOREST TREES FORESTERS FORESTRY FORESTRY LEGISLATION FORESTRY MANAGEMENT FORESTS FUELWOOD FUELWOOD SUPPLY GRASSES GRAZING HARVESTERS HARVESTING LAND COVER LANDSCAPE LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS LEAVES PASTORALISM PLANTATIONS POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRODUCE RAIN RAINFALL REGENERATION RIVERS SEEDS SEVERE DROUGHT SHRUBS SOIL SOIL COMPOSITION SOIL TYPES STATE FORESTRY STATE FORESTS SUGAR TEMPERATURE TIMBER TREE SPECIES TREES UNEP VEGETATION VEGETATION COVER VEGETATION TYPES WOOD WOODLAND WOODLAND RESOURCES WOODLANDS |
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ACACIA AGRICULTURE ANIMALS AREA OF FOREST AREA OF WOODLAND BARK BIOMASS CATCHMENT CATCHMENT AREAS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLIMATIC ZONE COMMERCIAL FORESTRY COMMERCIAL VALUE COMMERCIAL WOOD PRODUCTION DEFORESTATION DEGRADATION DESERTIFICATION DRAINAGE DROUGHT DRY SEASON ELECTRICITY ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS FALLOW LANDS FAO FARM FARMERS FARMING FARMS FIREWOOD FODDER FOREST FOREST AREAS FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST SERVICE FOREST SERVICES FOREST TREES FORESTERS FORESTRY FORESTRY LEGISLATION FORESTRY MANAGEMENT FORESTS FUELWOOD FUELWOOD SUPPLY GRASSES GRAZING HARVESTERS HARVESTING LAND COVER LANDSCAPE LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS LEAVES PASTORALISM PLANTATIONS POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRODUCE RAIN RAINFALL REGENERATION RIVERS SEEDS SEVERE DROUGHT SHRUBS SOIL SOIL COMPOSITION SOIL TYPES STATE FORESTRY STATE FORESTS SUGAR TEMPERATURE TIMBER TREE SPECIES TREES UNEP VEGETATION VEGETATION COVER VEGETATION TYPES WOOD WOODLAND WOODLAND RESOURCES WOODLANDS World Bank Sustainable Woodfuel Supplies from the Dry Tropical Woodlands |
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Dry tropical woodlands provide around 80
percent of the energy needs of both urban and rural
populations in Africa and are of similar importance on a
more localized scale in other areas. They also provide
livestock fodder, building poles and many of the daily needs
of the rural people living in and around them. Concern about
the degradation and depletion of these woodlands date back a
long time. Large numbers of woodfuel projects were launched
but it soon became evident that many had started with
simplistic views of the problems they were addressing. Many
of the proposed solutions were impractical or depended on
continued inputs on labor and materials not available in the
long term. Others made unrealistic demands on local
administrations and institutions. Even more importantly, it
began to emerge that there were serious flaws in the
woodfuel supply and demand analysis on which the great
majority of these woodfuel projects were based. This had led
to a gradual evolution and change in thinking. The newly
emerging consensus suggests that the danger posed by
woodfuel harvesting is far less than previously supposed and
that the "woodful crisis" has been greatly
exaggerated. If the dry tropical woodlands are in danger, it
is not because they are being depleted by woodfuel
harvesting but because they are of little, if any, economic,
as opposed to environmental or social, value. It may be that
woodfuel harvesting can provide an economic reason for their preservation. |
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World Bank |
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Sustainable Woodfuel Supplies from the Dry Tropical Woodlands |
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Sustainable Woodfuel Supplies from the Dry Tropical Woodlands |
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Sustainable Woodfuel Supplies from the Dry Tropical Woodlands |
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Sustainable Woodfuel Supplies from the Dry Tropical Woodlands |
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Sustainable Woodfuel Supplies from the Dry Tropical Woodlands |
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sustainable woodfuel supplies from the dry tropical woodlands |
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Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1711093/sustainable-woodfuel-supplies-dry-tropical-woodlands http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20294 |
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