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 …
The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests, present this Two Hundred Sixty-ninth Report on "Environmental issues of Himachal Pradesh in General and Shimla in Particular". The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests undertook a study visit to Shimla from 14th …
Some 2.5% of Rwanda’s land will be planted with trees while the public is also be advised to use less charcoal. This was in an effort to protect the environment and avail forest resources needed for economic development and the improvement of livelihoods of Rwandans. The launch of the 2015/16 …
Firewood will remain the cooking fuel for one-third of Indians even after a quarter of a century despite the government's efforts to promote clean energy , exposing millions of women and children to smoke and making them vulnerable to diseases, the International Energy Agency has estimated. About 480 million people, …
Indoor air pollution is causing more deaths than outdoor air pollution and needs to be addressed with an integrated approach to increase the access to clean fuel in the country, leading environment experts on Wednesday said. They called to form a community of researchers who can come together to draw …
A new study “Air Pollution Challenges for developing megacities like Delhi” published today in the journal Atmospheric Environment has described how Delhi suffers a toxic blend of geography, growth, poor energy sources and unfavourable weather that perpetuates and propagates its dangerously high levels of air pollution. A team of researchers …
This paper presents an overview of current household energy trends in Africa, and the reasons why access to modern cooking facilities remains so low. It then presents the latest evidence on the health, environmental and socio-economic impacts of traditional biomass use in sub-Saharan Africa, with a dedicated section on the …
Kalangala — Mr Richard Ssegaluma, the owner of Luggo forest in Kalangala District, has asked Buganda Kingdom to pay him Shs9 billion if the kingdom wants to take over the forest. Luggo forest is where a tree called Ddamula is found. It is from this tree that the Buganda royal …
Only a fifth of rural households in India have access to an LPG connection and 95% of rural households use some form of traditional fuel for cooking, the largest energy access survey in India has found. Minister for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy released an independent study by the Council …
For the past year, a steady stream of villagers has been visiting Muhammad Naeem's home in this quaint mountain town in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. They come for one reason: to see for themselves the benefits of his solar water heater. "A solar geyser does not cause respiratory diseases, it …
In a bid to curb desert encroachment and land degradation, Sokoto State Government has banned the practice of felling trees which some use as firewood for domestic purposes. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal stated this Monday, at the flag-off of this year's tree planting campaign which held at Kawadata, Goronyo LGA …
Deforestation is assuming high proportions in the Northern Regions, especially the Upper East region as some unscrupulous persons have resorted to cutting down young trees to sell as fuel wood and charcoal. The tree choppers use dangerous chemicals to uproot the trees without necessarily using chainsaws to cut them and …
This paper provides field experiment–based evidence on the potential additional forest carbon sequestration that cleaner and more fuel-efficient cookstoves might generate. The paper focuses on the Mirt (meaning “best”) cookstove, which is used to bake injera, the staple food in Ethiopia. The analysis finds that the technology generates per-meal fuel …
In contrast, more than 68% of urban households use LPG for cooking More than 67% of rural households in India still depend on firewood or wood chips for cooking. This is a decline of only 12% over two decades, according to the latest data released by the ministry of statistics. …
Unauthorized use of natural resources is a key threat to many protected areas. Approaches to reducing this threat include law enforcement and integrated conservation and development (ICD) projects, but for such ICDs to be targeted effectively, it is important to understand who is illegally using which natural resources and why. …
The first thing that strikes you as you enter the Makomboki Tea Factory is the air. It's clear, absent of the dark smoke that billows from the boilers of Kenya's other tea factories. Of the 66 tea factories under the management of the Kenya Tea Development Authority, Makomboki is the …
This report explores the role of forests in a green economy transformation in Africa. Its aim is to present policymakers with a strong rationale for linking forests and REDD+ planning with green economy planning and investments. According to UNEP (2012), a green economy ‘results in improved human well-being and social …
Two of every three families in villages used firewood for cooking during July, 2011 to June, 2012 period whereas in cities, only 14 per cent families were dependent on it, says a government report. At all India level, firewood and chips were used by more than two-third (67.35) of rural …
With data from the nearly 6,000 households in the Nepal Living Standards Survey of 2010–11, this paper finds that the mean reduction in household firewood collection associated with use of a biogas plant for cooking is about 1,100 kilograms per year from a mean of about 2,400 kilograms per year. …
This paper uses a randomized experimental design with real-time electronic stove temperature measurements and controlled cooking tests to estimate the fuelwood and carbon dioxide savings from an improved cookstove program in the process of being implemented in rural Ethiopia. Knowing more about how households interact with improved cookstoves is important, …
BURN Manufacturing Kenya are the recipient of this year’s Ashden International Awards, the world’s leading green energy awards; for its role in helping improve the lives of women and girls in East Africa with its efficient modern charcoal-burning Jikokoa™ stove and employment opportunities. “BURN must be commended not for just …
