Wood fuel, especially charcoal, is associated with deforestation and climate change, but it also has a positive socio-economic impact. In this podcast, we will take you to Africa where wood fuel remains a major source of energy and provides livelihoods for many rural and urban poor households. We talk to Phosiso Sola, a scientist with World Agroforestry (ICRAF), currently focused on researching governance of wood fuel with the aim of developing a sustainable charcoal value chain in African drylands.
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ICRAF and other partners are working on solutions through Governing Multifunctional Landscapes, a project funded by the European Union.
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Am a student Doing Bachelor of Science in Forestry at Makerere University, Uganda.
I love following your podcasts about Forests.
All I need is see our Forests being used sustainably.
Here in Northern Ugandan, charcoal making is the biggest threat to Forests.
Some Forests have been cleared to almost bareground.
What pains me is just that am concerned but can can not influence, because influence needs position in the sector