[Stoves] Fwd: The Charcoal Project

Trevor Richards febiochar at gmail.com
Thu Aug 25 04:24:21 CDT 2011


It seems from this video that fossil fuel is the great hope for saving the
forests! Something wrong with this picture...

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From: The Charcoal Project <jkimchaix at charcoalproject.org>
Date: 25 August 2011 16:45
Subject: The Charcoal Project
To: febiochar at gmail.com


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Study: Charcoal and patterns of forest degradation in
Tanzania<http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/08/study-charcoal-and-patterns-of-forest-degradation-in-tanzania/>

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:23 PM PDT

A study presented at the June symposium on charcoal organized in Arusha,
Tanzania, finds that,

1. At current rates, no high value timber will be left in Tanzania's coastal
forest in 37 years.

2. The Tanzanian government lost $53 million USD in 2005. This is due to the
fact that 96% of the timber harvest was undeclared.

3. China imports 10 times more timber from Tanzania that total declared
imports.
Continue reading
→<http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/08/study-charcoal-and-patterns-of-forest-degradation-in-tanzania/>

VIDEO: The charcoal problem in Tanzania compellingly
explained<http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/08/video-the-charcoal-problem-in-tanzania-compellingly-explained/>

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 06:20 AM PDT

Dar es Salaam consumes the equivalent of 16 olympic pools in charcoal every
day. This figure is increasing daily as rural populations migrate to urban
centers. At $350 million per year, charcoal is big business, too.

This great video produced by the World Bank last year (2010) lays out the
issue in a way that is well-documented and visually compelling.
Continue reading
→<http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/08/video-the-charcoal-problem-in-tanzania-compellingly-explained/>
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