This document analyses current and potential woodfuel utilization and its contribution to climate change in Brazil, Mexico and India. Current woodfuel consumption and supply are examined in terms of end-use sectors and sources. Potential production is assessed, and the role of forests and woodfuels in GHG emissions is analysed, as...

The importance and significance of woodfuel production and consumption all over the world particularly among developing countries is huge. The need for a policy framework that will provide sustainability in production and management can no longer be delayed. But are countries ready to establish one? Are data and information available?...

Woodfuel flows refers to the mechanisms by which wood harvested from a tree eventually reaches the end-users as fuel. These mechanisms can be complex and varied. Gaining an understanding of them involves studying, among other things, characteristics of the woodfuel sources (both forest and non-forest land), harvesting, transport, trade, markets...

Natural resource management experts, government and its development partners have debated the charcoal trade for some time, but until now, there has been little solid evidence on the scale and scope of the subject. Lacking information on the true value of the charcoal industry, policy makers have had little choice...

Cambodia has one of the worst rates of deforestation in the world. There are many pressures on its wood resources: much of the Cambodian economy depends on wood, for timber, heat and power generation, and about 80% of households use wood or charcoal for cooking. The French NGO GERES had helped to reduce wood...

This video shows the UK experience with biomass energy and the long term objective to increase this type of energy, reducing the one coming from fossil fuels burning. This also includes new opportunity for farmers to grow crops for biomass use. The video also rises some questions of sustainability when biomass...

For thousands of years biomass (organic matter) was the primary source of energy. Since the industrial revolution, the combustion of fossil fuels, accounting for 87% of today’s global energy package, has replaced biomass as the primary source. Yet issues surrounding energy and food production and sustainable development engender new perspectives...

The sustainable production of wood as a renewable energy source has huge potential for Africa. The afforestation of degraded landscapes, establishment of wood plantations and the sustainable management of natural forests can all serve to increase energy security, provide access to energy and reduce dependency on fossil fuels. The GIZ...

WISDOM is a spatially-explicit method oriented towards supporting strategic wood energy planning and policy formulation, through the integration and analysis of existing wood fuel demand and supply related information and indicators. The Serbia WISDOM analysis was based on 161 municipalities with 25 administrative regions and cartographic references. The application of the...

The present report describes and documents the main product of the first two Components of the Project: WISDOM Rwanda, the first geo-referenced database on the demand for fuelwood and charcoal in the various sectors and on the sustainable supply potential of the Country, which was developed implementing the Woodfuel Integrated Supply/Demand...