WOODFUELS INTEGRATED SUPPLY/DEMAND
OVERVIEW MAPPING

WISDOM

Rome 2003

A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH FOR ASSESSING WOODFUEL SUSTAINABILITY
AND SUPPORTING WOOD ENERGY PLANNING

Content

Acknowledgements

Assessing the sustainability of woodfuel use: the need for spatially-explicit approaches

The WISDOM approach

Methodological Issues and Structure

1. SELECTION of the spatial base (minimum administrative units of analysis)

2. DEMAND module

3. SUPPLY module

4. INTEGRATION module: Combining woodfuel supply and demand

5. Identification of “woodfuel hot spots”

Concluding the analysis

Conducting a WISDOM analysis: practical aspects

Defining objectives and scales

Completing the Demand Module

Completing the Supply Module

Costs and human resources needed

Case Study: Identifying hot spots for fuelwood consumption in Mexico

Mexico’s current pattern of woodfuel use

Step 1: Determining the Minimum Spatial Unit of Analysis: The “municipio”

tep 2: Development of the demand module

Step 3: Construction of the SUPPLY module

Step 4. Integration Module

Step 5: Identification of Mexican fuelwood “hot spots” at the “municipio” level

1) Selection of a final set of variables

2) Grouping of “municipios” for each variable:

3) Construction of an integrated Fuelwood Priority Index (FPI).

4) Ranking of “municipios” in 5 groups according to the FPI: defining “hot spot” municipalities.

Concluding remarks for the Mexican Case Study

Conclusions

References

Appendix 1. Cartographic Databases for AFRICA