Fast-growing fuelwoods could ease pressure on forests

Journal Article · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1981 · BioScience; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/1308144· OSTI ID:6881969

Walton, S

Firewood, the staple fuel for cooking and heating for millions of people in developing countries, is becoming increasingly scarce. A new report from the National Academy of Sciences, prepared for the Office of Science and Technology of the Agency for International Development (AID), examines one possible-or partial-solution: the selection of species suitable for deliberate cultivation as firewood crops. The report, entitled ''Firewood Crops: Shrub and Tree species for Energy Production,'', has selected tough, fast-growing, easily sown species for their suitability as firewood crops and gives detailed descriptions of 60 species. The report also gives examples of newly developed stoves and traditional technologies for burning wood that are energy efficient.

• OSTI ID: 6881969
• Journal Information: BioScience; (United States), Journal Name: BioScience; (United States) Vol. 31:4; ISSN BISNA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
090400* -- Solid Waste & Wood Fuels-- (-1989)
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APPLIANCES
BIOMASS PLANTATIONS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ENERGY SOURCES
FUELS
PLANTS
SHRUBS
SPECIES DIVERSITY
TREES
WOOD BURNING APPLIANCES
WOOD FUELS