Charcoal: a driver of dryland forest degradation in Africa? ICRAF Factsheet

Wood has been used as fuel for millennia, meeting humanity’s basic needs for cooking, boiling water, lighting and heating. Today woodfuel, i.e. firewood and charcoal, accounts for around 10% of global energy supply, but it dominates energy provision in many parts of the developing world. In particul...

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Autor principal: World Agroforestry Centre
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: World Agroforestry Centre 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/52032
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description Wood has been used as fuel for millennia, meeting humanity’s basic needs for cooking, boiling water, lighting and heating. Today woodfuel, i.e. firewood and charcoal, accounts for around 10% of global energy supply, but it dominates energy provision in many parts of the developing world. In particular, the inhabitants of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) benefit significantly from woodfuel, with the highest regional per capita consumption of 0.69 m3/year in 2011, 2.5 times higher than the global average of 0.27 m3/year. Over 90% of SSA’s overall population of 852 million and virtually 100% of the 535 million rural residents rely on woodfuel for energy.
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spelling CGSpace520322020-02-01T11:13:51Z Charcoal: a driver of dryland forest degradation in Africa? ICRAF Factsheet World Agroforestry Centre climate agriculture fuelwood charcoal Wood has been used as fuel for millennia, meeting humanity’s basic needs for cooking, boiling water, lighting and heating. Today woodfuel, i.e. firewood and charcoal, accounts for around 10% of global energy supply, but it dominates energy provision in many parts of the developing world. In particular, the inhabitants of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) benefit significantly from woodfuel, with the highest regional per capita consumption of 0.69 m3/year in 2011, 2.5 times higher than the global average of 0.27 m3/year. Over 90% of SSA’s overall population of 852 million and virtually 100% of the 535 million rural residents rely on woodfuel for energy. 2013 2014-12-16T06:37:27Z 2014-12-16T06:37:27Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/52032 en Open Access World Agroforestry Centre World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). 2013. Charcoal: a driver of dryland forest degradation in Africa? ICRAF Factsheet. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF).
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Charcoal: a driver of dryland forest degradation in Africa? ICRAF Factsheet
title Charcoal: a driver of dryland forest degradation in Africa? ICRAF Factsheet
title_full Charcoal: a driver of dryland forest degradation in Africa? ICRAF Factsheet
title_fullStr Charcoal: a driver of dryland forest degradation in Africa? ICRAF Factsheet
title_full_unstemmed Charcoal: a driver of dryland forest degradation in Africa? ICRAF Factsheet
title_short Charcoal: a driver of dryland forest degradation in Africa? ICRAF Factsheet
title_sort charcoal a driver of dryland forest degradation in africa icraf factsheet
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agriculture
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charcoal
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