[Stoves] FW: New York Times: Toxic Smoke Is Africa’s Quiet Killer. An Entrepreneur Says His Fix Can Make a Fortune

[Crispin Pemberton-Pigott]

Dear Paul



I was discussing this with someone off list and they made the following observation, which seems relevant. They asked:



Is Inyenyeri solving a non existent problem?



The question is relevant because there are not forests left in Rwanda. The cutting of the remaining national forest has been stopped (securing the habitat of the mountain gorillas, mainly).  All wood comes from farmers that grow trees as a crop. This applies as well to the charcoal trade which is legal and sustainable.



Where is the wood coming from? As I understand the project when I reviewed it, the wood is brought to the pelleting house by people who trade it on a discounted mass basis for pellets. The rural community is therefore doing the foraging. They have to get wood somehow to cook, but when they do, they can take it to the processing centre and get bags of pellets in return – no money involved.



In town, the pellets are sold. The town pellets come from the discounted exchange in the rural area.



So…does the project still work this way?  If so, how is a carbon credit being calculated? There are no forests to “save” so the collection of wood is sustainable.  Isn’t some unsustainable fraction required for CDM credits to apply? Plus additionality (look it up).



I think it would be helpful if the project financing model were explained in a way that helped us to know how to replicate it.



Much appreciated.

Crispin




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