Household Energy and Agenda 21 - HEDON Discussion Paper No. 1













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Discussion Paper of HEDON Meeting

September 28. - 30. 1995
Lund, Sweden

Contributors to this paper are:

Alex Bush, Stephen Fisher, Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITGD)

Stephen Karekezi, Foundation for Woodstove Dissemination

Dr. Smail Khennas, Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG)

Dr. Agnes Klingshirn and Dr. Petra Wagner, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)

Dr. Maria Nystrom, Lund Centre for Habitat Studies (LCHS)

Bernard Ross, Consultant

Jaqueline Sims, World Health Organization (WHO)

Miguel Trossero, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Diet Visser, Biomass Technology Group (BTG)

The Publication was Financed jointly by GTZ and FAO.

Impressum

Editor: Bernard Ross Photo Title: GTZ-Archive
Concept & Layout: Heinz-G. Fuchs, Eco-Expo
Litho: JS-Concept, Frankfurt/M
Print: BNS-Druckhaus, Heusenstamm

This electronic document has been scanned using optical character recognition (OCR) software and careful manual recorrection. Even if the quality of digitalisation is high, the FAO declines all responsibility for any discrepancies that may exist between the present document and its original printed version.


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Summary

Background

Introduction

1. Household energy and environmental protection/Resource conservation

1(a). Protecting the earth's atmosphere (Chapter 9)
1(b). Combatting deforestation (Chapter 11)
1(c). Combatting desertification (Chapter 12)

2. Target-group-related activities for the implementation of Agenda 21

2(a). Combatting poverty (Chapter 3)
2(b). Promotion of education, public awareness and training (Chapters 4 and 36)
2(c). Global action programme for women to achieve sustainable and equitable development (Chapter 24)
2(d). Promotion of sustainable human settlements development (Chapter 7)
2(e). Population dynamics and sustainable development (Chapter 5)
2(f). Protection and promotion of human health (Chapter 6)
2(g). Strengthening the role of non-governmental organizations (Chapter 27)

3. Economic aspects of household energy programmes

3(a). Strengthening the role of the private sector (Chapter 30)

(I) Finance in the informal sector
(II) Management
(III) Capacity building and human resource development
(IV) National policy
(V) Data

4. Promotion of sustainable agriculture and rural development (Chapter 14)

5. Forest principles

6. Improving the scientific basis for decision-making

7. Policy-making for sustainable development (Chapter 8)

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Relationship between stove type used in the household and the incidence of ARI and conjunctivitis

Appendix 2: A profile of HEDON

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