Burning biodiversity: Fuelwood harvesting causes forest degradation …
Jan 1, 2015 · This study estimates the impact of fuelwood consumption on tropical biodiversity conservation in a threatened hotspot. It shows that poorer households harvest more fuelwood from early successional species and that the annual demand may …
Fuel Wood - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Learn about fuel wood as a source of energy and its impact on forests and the environment. Find chapters and articles on fuel wood production, use, and sustainability from various scientific disciplines.
Forest, farms and fuelwood: Measuring changes in fuelwood collection ...
Apr 1, 2021 · How does a clean cooking intervention affect fuelwood extraction from forests and farms in rural India? This study analyzes household surveys and fuelwood consumption data to identify the factors influencing fuelwood sources and demand.
Much concern has been expressed about the sustainability of fuelwood harvesting in Africa. Most models predict that demand will outstrip supply within a few decades, resulting in severe deforestation.
Effects of fuelwood harvesting on biodiversity — a review …
Jul 25, 2012 · Large-scale fuelwood removal may, on a landscape scale, jeopardize the amounts and diversity of substrate that saproxylic organisms require as food and habitat.
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Dec 4, 2014 · This study provides an approximation of the potential impact of fuelwood harvesting in one of the most threatened tropical biodiversity conservation hotspots, the northern portion of the...
Evidence for ecological sustainability of fuelwood harvesting …
Aug 13, 2018 · The sustainability of fuelwood harvesting from a semi-arid savanna ecosystem was investigated at a rural village where shortages have been predicted. Repeated sampling over a period of 7 years revealed a stable supply of wood from harvesting areas.
Fuelwood, deforestation, and land degradation: 10 years of …
Nov 1, 2008 · Results obtained from this study suggest that wood fuel harvesting should not be ignored as an important source of forest degradation.
The carbon footprint of traditional woodfuels - Nature
Jan 19, 2015 · Over half of all wood harvested worldwide is used as fuel, supplying ∼ 9% of global primary energy. By depleting stocks of woody biomass, unsustainable harvesting can contribute to forest...
Effects of fuelwood harvesting on biodiversity - ResearchGate
Aug 1, 2012 · We investigated the impacts of different CCMS and climate scenarios, jointly or in isolation, on future wood ES, non-wood ES, and regulating ES for a major wood provider for the...