[Stoves] Forestry and fuel

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Charcoal making for iron production got blamed for  early deforestation 
too. The truth is that most of the trees grown for charcoal  back then were on 
plantations which were replanted or coppiced. In the USA most  deforestation 
was encouraged by the railroads to raise cattle for their markets.  It was 
easy money to clear the land, sell the timber to buy fence and cattle and  
then sit back and tend the herd for profit. 
    
    Dan Dimiduk 
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 1/13/2014 1:31:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
samer.abdelnour at gmail.com writes:

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




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