Woodfuel Production and Marketing in Pakistan - National Workshop
RWEDP Report No.49, 2000
Biomass fuels play an important role in the energy balance of Pakistan. They meet over 45% of the energy demand, of which the share of woodfuel alone is about 25%. Information on the supply side of woodfuels is quite striking. As much as 90% of the woodfuels is being supplied from non-forest land of different types which are under private, community or government ownership and/or management.
The present publication on Woodfuel Production and Marketing in Pakistan reports on the national workshop in Punjab which was coordinated by RWEDP. Two institutions, the Punjab Forestry Research Institute (PFRI) and the Marketing Division (MD), University of Agriculture (UA), have collaborated in hosting the national workshop in Faisalabad, in October 1997. Important issues related to woodfuel production and marketing were discussed by the experts from agencies of the government and selected NGO's. The workshop has recommended a number of actions which will further strengthen the wood energy sector.
| Table of contents | |
| Foreword | |
| Part I: Proceedings | |
| 1. | Introduction and Background |
| 2. | Summaries of the Technical Papers and Question and Answer Sessions |
| 3. | Field Exercise |
| 4. | Group Sessions and Recommendations |
| 5. | Course Evaluation |
| Part II: Technical Papers | |
| 1. | Woodfuel in the National Energy Balance |
| 2. | The Role of NGOs in Promoting Fuelwood Production in Pakistan |
| 3. | Forests and Forestry in Pakistan: Strategy for Sustainable Development |
| 4. | Woodfuel Production in Sindh with Reference to Hurries |
| 5. | Development of Salt-Affected Wastelands for Wood Production in Pakistan |
| 6. | Patterns and Problems of Fuelwood Consumption and Production in Salt-Affected Areas of Faisalabad |
| 7. | Woodfuel Trends and Prospects in Pakistan |
| 8. | Fuelwood Distribution System in Sindh |
| 9. | NGOs and Fuelwood Production Development Projects |
| 10. | Production, Utilization and Distribution of Fuelwood in the Deserts of Punjab |
| 11. | Mangrove Forests - An Important Woodfuel Resource of the Coastal Belt |
| 12. | Rural Women and Woodfuel Energy |
| 13. | Role of Irrigated Plantations in the Production of Woodfuel in the Punjab |
| 14. | Social Forestry and the Woodfuel Crisis |
| 15. | Strategy for Enhancing Future Woodfuel Production |
| 16. | Marketing of Woodfuel in Pakistan |
| 17. | Environmental Impacts of Energy Production from Biomass |
| 18. | Bioenergy for Meeting Growing Energy Needs |
| 19. | Fuelwood Production from Public and Non-Forest Areas in Pakistan |
| Part III: Annexures | |
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