Wood fuels review and assessment : NAMIBIA Country report

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

DIRECTORATE-GENERAL VIII DEVELOPMENT

 

 

Data Collection and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management in ACP Countries - Linking National and International Efforts

EC-FAO PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME (1998-2002)

Tropical forestry Budget line B7-6201/97-15/VIII/FOR

PROJECT GCP/INT/679/EC

WOOD FUELS REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT: NAMIBIA COUNTRY REPORT

By H.O. Kojwang

Ministry of Environment and Tourism

December 2000

Windhoek, Namibia

This report has been produced as an out put of the EC-FAO Partnership Programme (1998-2002) - Project GCP/INT/679/EC Data Collection and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management in ACP Countries - Linking National and International Efforts. The views expressed are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the EC or the FAO.

This paper has been minimally edited for clarity and style

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1. Introduction

2. Wood Fuels in Namibia

2.1. Data on Wood Fuels

2.2. Firewood Production

2.3. Existing Data on Wood Fuels

2.4. Charcoal

3. General Comments on the existing data on wood fuels.

4. Analysis of Trends in the Production, Demand and Consumption of Wood Fuels in Namibia.

4.1. Firewood

4.2. Charcoal

5. Concluding Remarks

6. References