[Stoves] Forestry and fuel

[Samer Abdelnour]

Dear all,
Just to contribute on the deforestation discussion. A dated (1997) by
excellent resource by the FAO, which concluded that deforestation
occurs mainly as a result of pressures for agricultural land, logging,
and national infrastructure projects, not for cooking.

http://www.fao.org/docrep/w7744e/w7744e06.htm

Of course, I applaud efforts to source cleaner, more sustainable fuel.
Perhaps these should be grounded in location specific challenges (i.e.
community nurseries), not distorted by general mythologies associated
with global problems and magic bullets.

Best,
Samer