This report provides an in-depth review and critical analysis of the fuelwood, wood balance and household energy studies done in India in the last decades, and the developments in the commercial energy sector. The study synthesised the trend in the consumption of domestic energy and also the reli...
This paper aims at analyzing fuel consumption in households of forest zones, and at showing the place of fuelwood as a source of energy in the region. The study was carried out in Cameroon and it was based on a survey done in 1996. A sample of 400 households from Yaounde, Mbalmayo and Ebolowa was...
Nkamleu, G.B.
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Endamana, D.
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Gockowski, J.
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Ndoye, O.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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[Analyse economique de la consommation du bois de feu en regions forestieres: lecons des zones urbaines camerounaises]
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Analyse economique de la consommation du bois de feu en regions forestieres: lecons des zones urbaines camerounaises
In the 1970s, it appeared that fuelwood use was growing rapidly, and this could have major adverse impacts on the resource and poor users. By the mid-1980s, revised assessments indicated that there was less of a problem than had been foreseen, and much less of a need for forestry interventions to...
In the Ethiopian highlands, communal grazing lands are one of the major land uses, and are source of livelihood for the rural people. Free and uncontrolled grazing in the communal grazing lands is the dominant grazing system. The traditional uncontrolled and free grazing system has caused severe ...
Mekuria, W.
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Yami, M.
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Haile, M.
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Gebrehiwot, K.
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Birhane, E.
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[Impact of exclosures on wood biomass production and fuelwood supply in northern Ethiopia]
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Impact of exclosures on wood biomass production and fuelwood supply in northern Ethiopia
Planted fallow systems under slash and mulch management were compared with natural fallow systems at two farms (BM1 and BM2) in the Colombian Andes. The BM1 site was relatively more fertile than the BM2 site. Planted fallow systems evaluated included Calliandra calothyrsus CIAT 20400 (CAL), Ind...
Barrios, E.
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Cobo Borrero, Juan G.
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[Plant growth, biomass production and nutrient accumulation by slash/mulch agroforestry systems in tropical hillsides of Colombia]
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Plant growth, biomass production and nutrient accumulation by slash/mulch agroforestry systems in tropical hillsides of Colombia
The interactions between natural forest dynamics have to be taken into account when managing the use of forest resources. Simulation models were developed to improve the understanding of this complex system of interactions. Models of multi agent systems are effective tools for studying the dynami...
Bousquet, Francois
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Le Page, C.
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Antona, M.
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Guizol, P.
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[Ecological scales and use rights: the use of multiagent systems]
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Ecological scales and use rights: the use of multiagent systems
This is one of ten case studies of the role of municipal governments in forest related issues in the departments of Chinandega, Leon, and Rio San Juan in Nicaragua. It first characterizes the municipality, its agricultural production and mining, and the type of environmental problems it faces. Th...
Mendoza, R.
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Martínez, T.
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[El papel de los gobiernos municipales en la gestion de los recursos naturales: villanueva: los recursos naturales en un municipio empobrecido]
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El papel de los gobiernos municipales en la gestion de los recursos naturales: villanueva: los recursos naturales en un municipio empobrecido
The impact of woodfuel collection on forests has been controversial and its role in rural livelihoods and deforestation the subject of considerable debate. This study reviews the main dimensions of this discourse and the resulting responses from the forestry sector. It assesses new information th...
Arnold, J.E.M.
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Kohlin, G.
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Persson, R.
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Shepherd, G.
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[Fuelwood revisited: what has changed in the last decade?]
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Fuelwood revisited: what has changed in the last decade?
Recovering energy from waste offers dual benefits – a) improved waste management, and b) provision of reliable energy to households, institutions and commercial entities. In this report, we present a socioeconomic assessment of three energy business models (briquette manufacturing, on-site (publi...
Gebrezgabher, Solomie A.
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Amewu, Sena
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Taron, Avinandan
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Otoo, Miriam
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[Energy recovery from domestic and agro-waste streams in Uganda: a socioeconomic assessment]
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Energy recovery from domestic and agro-waste streams in Uganda: a socioeconomic assessment
Analysis of the fuelwood situation has been hampered by lack of reliable information, and has been the subject of considerable debate. The present paper assesses the implications of recent information on the subject. New data and recent more accurate projections show that increasing urbanisation ...
Arnold, J.E.M.
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Persson, R.
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[Reassessing the fuelwood situation in developing countries]
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Reassessing the fuelwood situation in developing countries