FAO LIBRARY - Field Document No. 54
REGIONAL WOOD ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN ASIA GCP/RAS/154/NET
Prepared by the Woodfuel Flow Study Team
Woodfuel Flow Study Team:
· Chay Seng Thong - Department of Forestry
· Heng Chanthoeun - Ministry of Environment
· Lao Sethaphal - Department of Forestry
· Ou Ratana - Ministry of Environment
· Nou Sovanddara - Department of Energy
· Tin Sok Samedy - Ministry of Environment
· Touch Salin - Department of Forestry
· Yem Chandararith - Department of Energy
Advisor: Sarah Burgess
Support and Funding By:
· Cambodian Environmental Management Program/USAID
· International Development Research Centre, Canada
· United Nations Development Programme/Environmental Technical Advisory Programme
Copyright is assigned to the funding organisations and appropriate citation should be included in subsequent documents.
FAO - FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Bangkok, December 1998
This publication is printed by the FAO Regional Wood Energy Development Programme in Asia, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Conventional units
Conversions
2.1 Population statistics
2.2 Wood energy consumption in households
2.3 Wood energy consumption in industry and services
2.4 Destinations outside Phnom Penh
2.5 Consumption of other forms of energy
2.5.1 Liquid petroleum gas (LPG)
2.5.2 Consumption of agricultural residues
3.1.1 Forest resources
3.1.2 Supply area
3.1.3 Firewood transportation
3.1.4 Charcoal3.2.1 Forest resources
3.2.2 Supply area
3.2.3 Firewood
3.2.4 Charcoal location of supply and production: Santuk district3.3.1 Forest resources
3.3.2 Supply area
3.3.3 Firewood location and supply quantity: Kampong Tralach and Samaki Meanchay
3.3.4 Charcoal3.4.1 Forest resources
3.4.2 Supply area
3.4.3 Firewood
3.4.4 Charcoal location of supply and production: Trey Treyeng3.5 Tree species used for firewood and charcoal.
3.6 Total firewood and charcoal supplied from the study areas
3.6.1 Firewood
3.6.2 Charcoal
3.6.3 Factors influencing the results
4.1 Wood energy flows from rural areas
4.2 Wood energy traders
4.2.1 Depots in Phnom Penh
4.2.2 Prices and units of sale
4.2.3 Income and expenditure
4.2.4 Trading relationships
4.2.5 Reasons for trade
5. Socio-economic aspects of wood energy consumption
5.1 Income levels and energy use
5.2 Prices of different forms of energy
5.3 Changes in energy use
5.4 Urbanisation
5.5 Traditional uses of wood energy
5.6 Income generation in the rural areas
6. Environmental impacts of wood energy consumption
6.1 Deforestation
6.2 Forest loss in the study areas
6.2.1 Kratie province
6.2.2 Kampong Thom province
6.2.3 Kampong Speu province
6.2.4 Kampong Chhnang province6.3 The consumption of energy in the household
6.4 Alternative energy forms
7. Wood energy in government policy
7.1 Department of forestry and wildlife
7.2 Department of energy
7.3 Ministry of environment
8. Conclusions and recommendations
8.1 Conclusions
8.2 Recommendations