Woodfuels, livelihoods, and policy interventions: changing perspectives

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 ma...

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Autores principales: Arnold, J.E.M., Kohlin, G., Persson, R.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19364
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author Arnold, J.E.M.
Kohlin, G.
Persson, R.
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description 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 maintain supplies. As a result many of the latter were sharply scaled back. Additional information and analysis that has become available since the 1980s support the view that there is no need for large scale interventions devoted just to provision of fuelwood. However, declining access to supplies or markets can raise significant problems in some areas, and for particular categories of user. Growing urban demand for charcoal can also cause local problems, in particular in Africa. The potentials for appropriate forms of intervention are discussed.
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spelling CGSpace193642025-01-24T14:20:38Z Woodfuels, livelihoods, and policy interventions: changing perspectives Arnold, J.E.M. Kohlin, G. Persson, R. fuelwood charcoal energy sources livelihoods impact supply sustainability 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 maintain supplies. As a result many of the latter were sharply scaled back. Additional information and analysis that has become available since the 1980s support the view that there is no need for large scale interventions devoted just to provision of fuelwood. However, declining access to supplies or markets can raise significant problems in some areas, and for particular categories of user. Growing urban demand for charcoal can also cause local problems, in particular in Africa. The potentials for appropriate forms of intervention are discussed. 2006 2012-06-04T09:09:22Z 2012-06-04T09:09:22Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19364 en Arnold, J.E.M., Kohlin, G., Persson, R. 2006. Woodfuels, livelihoods, and policy interventions: changing perspectives . World Development 34 (3) :596-611. ISSN: 0305-750X.
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charcoal
energy sources
livelihoods
impact
supply
sustainability
Arnold, J.E.M.
Kohlin, G.
Persson, R.
Woodfuels, livelihoods, and policy interventions: changing perspectives
title Woodfuels, livelihoods, and policy interventions: changing perspectives
title_full Woodfuels, livelihoods, and policy interventions: changing perspectives
title_fullStr Woodfuels, livelihoods, and policy interventions: changing perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Woodfuels, livelihoods, and policy interventions: changing perspectives
title_short Woodfuels, livelihoods, and policy interventions: changing perspectives
title_sort woodfuels livelihoods and policy interventions changing perspectives
topic fuelwood
charcoal
energy sources
livelihoods
impact
supply
sustainability
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