[Stoves] Biochar Projects for Science Students
Crispin Pemberton-Pigott
crispinpigott at gmail.com
Tue Nov 23 14:04:14 CST 2010
Dear Richard
Thanks for the details. My assessment is that there is so much waste in the
system that an incremental solution picking on those different portions of
the energy chain could succeed in the long term.
The planting of trees managed by those living nearby is something I saw
being done successfully (community woodlots) in Transkei and to a certain
extent in Zululand to the north (KwaZulu-Natal now). But it is certainly
not very successful when managed by most communities. It seems that fencing
is a big issue, perhaps the biggest.
In Niger there are many trees plated (mostly Neem - Melia Azederacta)
planted all over the place and each one is surrounded by a fence. They are
respected and grow to enormous proportions. Make insecticide too.
So it shows that community managed forestry can be accomplished (at all). I
suspect the major issue is security of land tenure and that is a huge
problem all over. 'Everyone's' forest is no one's forest.
Local control means management training.
Regards
Crispin
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