Forestry topics report No. 1
FAO FORESTRY DEPARTMENT
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The fuelwood problem
The human cost of fuelwood shortages
Forests and fuel: An overview
The role of FAO
A strategy for action
Increasing the productivity of existing resources
Creating new resources
Improving fuelwood distribution
Improving conversion technologies
Finding substitutes for fuelwood
Nepal: A case study
The distillation of wood
The promise of gasifiers
Electricity from wood