WISDOM – East Africa
Woodfuel Integrated Supply/Demand Overview Mapping (WISDOM) Methodology
Spatial woodfuel production and consumption analysis of selected African countries
Rudi Drigo
Consultant - Wood energy planning and forest resources monitoring
FAO – Forestry Department – Wood Energy
August 2005
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Foreword
Summary
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART 1: Methodology
Selection
of spatial base
Demand Module
Integration module
and definition of priority areas
PART 3: Findings
Subsistence
energy in a local supply/demand context
Main deficit areas
and affected populations
Contribution to
forestry and energy policy formulation
A new dimension
to the process of mapping extreme poverty
PART 4: Follow up recommendations
Annexes
Annex 1: Definitions and conversion factors
Annex 2. Demand
module. References on woodfuel consumption
Annex 3. Supply
module. References on woody biomass stocking
Annex 4. List of
main deficit areas