This publication presents the key findings from a preliminary assessment of the policies of African countries relevant to charcoal value chains. The main objective of this study is to assess the extent to which national energy and environmental policies and strategies in Africa have the potential to provide enabling conditions …
In recent years, the Republic of South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, has often been in the headlines due to the protracted armed conflict which has engulfed the country since December 2013. However, despite the challenges posed by the conflict, the landlocked eastern-central Africa country has been working with UN …
Despite the Government ban on logging and charcoal burning, unscrupulous businessmen have devised ingenious ways of transporting the product to evade arrest. Charcoal traders in the region have resorted to using motorbikes loaded with the commodity and transferring the sacks to waiting lorries in hidden locations. ALSO READ: Charcoal traders …
Forest conservators led by their Acting Chief Conservator, Mornica Kalenda [centre] tour part of Dakacha woodland forest in Kilifi County. [Omondi Onyango/Standard] Residents of Magarini have pleaded with the Government to allow them move thousands of bags of charcoal from collection centres. The charcoal has been lying at the centres …
Moravian Church in Malawi has condemned the smuggling of charcoal into neighbouring Tanzania, saying the practice is contributing to deforestation in the country. The church’s head of programmes in Malawi, Jonas Nyangwe, made the remarks recently in an interview after visiting some of the areas in Traditional Authority Kilupula in …
Moravian Church in Malawi has condemned the smuggling of charcoal into neighbouring Tanzania, saying the practice is contributing to deforestation in the country. The church’s head of programmes in Malawi, Jonas Nyangwe, made the remarks recently in an interview after visiting some of the areas in Traditional Authority Kilupula in …
The ditching of environmentally destructive sources of energy paves way for the extensive uses of renewable energy, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and biogas. Tabling his budget estimates in parliament here yesterday, Minister of State in the Vice-President’s Office, Union Affairs and Environment, January Makamba said the University of Dodoma (UDOM) …
Imagine building a small pile of wood and kindling in the smallest room in your house, and setting fire to it. You can keep the door open, to let out some smoke, but cannot switch on an extractor fan. You must tend the fire for an hour. Repeat the process …
While there have been substantial efforts to quantify the health burden of exposure to PM2.5 from solid fuel use (SFU), the sensitivity of mortality estimates to uncertainties in input parameters has not been quantified. Moreover, previous studies separate mortality from household and ambient air pollution. In this study, we develop …
Kenyans are facing a shortage of timber and charcoal as the government moves to save forests from depletion. The government placed a three-month ban on logging and charcoal burning two weeks ago at the height of a biting dry spell that had led to major water crisis across the country. …
Forty-two-year old John Matuku, a peasant in Mutha, Kitui County, has been burning charcoal all his adult life. What started as a pastime to supplement his meagre farm earnings has over the years turned into an occupation. He specialises in producing charcoal for sale in Nairobi and other towns. Over …
Kenya on Wednesday unveiled ethanol stoves for refugees in Kakuma camp in northwest part of the country to help mitigate climate carbon emissions. Principal Secretary for Environment and Forestry Charles Sunkuli said the stoves launched in partnership with electronics firm, Samsung, will help reduce dependency on charcoal in the camp. …
A study conducted at the Kakuma Refugee Camp shows there is a huge demand for cleaner cooking solutions and modern renewable electrical supplies. The refugees said cleaner energy will help them take control of their lives. Currently, basic cooking, lighting and phone-charging needs are costly for refugees. Better alternatives present …
Turkana County is one of Kenya's most arid regions, but land near the town of Kakuma sports a dense thicket of thorny trees. That's not good news. The plant is Prosopis juliflora, a fast-growing invasive species that has wreaked havoc by taking over land once used for pasture, choking rivers …
Masaka — When Caesar Ntale, a pineapple grower in Buwunga Sub-county, Masaka District realised the need for more land to expand his pineapple business, he sent brokers to identify more land in neighbouring villages for hire, where they found 20 acres of what they thought was free land at Bwami …
THE government has directed some of its institutions to start phasing out the use of charcoal as a source of cooking energy with immediate effect, a measure that is aimed at conserving environment, the Minister of State in the Vic-President’s Office (Union and Environment Affairs) January Makamba, has announced. The …
ClimateCare is pleased to announce it has extended its partnership with stove manufacturer, Burn Manufacturing to widen access to affordable, energy efficient cooking stoves in Kenya. The programme uses climate finance to support the manufacture and distribution of Burn’s market leading ‘Jikokoa’ stove, that dramatically reduces charcoal consumption and diminishes …
The World Bioenergy Association (WBA) has launched its WBA Global Bioenergy Statistics report for 2017. The report claims that across the world, bioenergy remains the biggest source of renewable energy. A number of key findings are unearthed by the report. Most significantly, the global supply of biomass increased to 59.2EJ …
As electricity becomes more costly, more families may turn to firewood and charcoal for heating and cooking, critics fear LUSAKA, June 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Zambia’s energy regulator has approved a 75 percent boost in the country’s electric rates, a move environmental groups fear could push more households to …
In efforts to stop underprivileged Tanzanians from using firewood and charcoal as a primary source of energy, the Liberty Group has launched an alternative source of energy for cooking purposes. The new technology dubbed, Okoa Mazingira na Pesa (OMAP), which means save the environment and money, uses scoria basalt extrusive …
Kamwenge — Kamwenge District leaders and conservationists have expressed concern over an impending environment catastrophe if the ongoing rampant degradation of the environment in the district is not curbed. There is uncontrolled tree cutting, charcoal burning, encroachment on wetlands and human activities that have led to a drop in water …
