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Socioeconomic and Environmental Aspects of Traditional Firewood for Cooking on the Example of Rural and Peri-Urban Mexican Households

open access: yesEnergies, 2022
Firewood is a solid biofuel that is widely used for cooking in Mexico’s residential sector. This study seeks to identify relevant factors in firewood consumption patterns, and their implications for climate change, gender, and health, and for energy ...
Guadalupe Perez   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Forest degradation impacts firewood consumption patterns: A case study in the buffer zone of Inlay Lake Biosphere Reserve, Myanmar

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2020
Firewood is a major energy source, especially in developing countries. Because firewood is often collected from forest, forest quality may affect firewood consumption patterns.
Tetsuji Ota, Nobuya Mizoue
exaly   +3 more sources

Future Scenarios of Firewood Consumption for Cooking in the Mexican Tropical Region

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
Within domestic food cooking, burning firewood in three-stone fires (TSF) is a common practice by more than 16 million users in the Mexican tropical climate region (CR-TR). This article aims to evaluate the implementation of improved firewood cookstoves (
Guadalupe Perez   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Response Surface Methodology Optimization of Sawdust in Water Boiling Test [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Chemistry Letters, 2021
In the third world, the cutting down of trees for use as firewood is compounding to the environmental issues including global warming. Sawdust is considered as a solid waste, an environmental menace but could be used as means of domestic heating source ...
Kiman Silas   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Environment and Plant Use at La Tourasse (South-West France) at the Late Glacial–Holocene Transition

open access: yesOpen Archaeology, 2023
The aim of this study is to present new data on vegetation dynamics and plant collecting practices during the Late Glacial and the Early Holocene in southwestern France.
Liard Aurélie   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding the Key Determinants of Residential Firewood Consumption in Australia: A Nationwide Household Survey

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
A range of energy sources are used by households across the globe, including electricity, gas, solar, and wood. While there is a large body of international research aimed at understanding household energy use in general, very few studies have focused on
Lygia Romanach, Elisha Frederiks
doaj   +1 more source

Nexus Between Energy Poverty and Technological Innovations: A Pathway for Addressing Energy Sustainability

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Pakistan has experienced energy poverty, as most of the people live in rural areas. Poor people are stereotyped as collecting the firewood and using the unclean energy sources to meet their residential energy needs.
Kiran Batool   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The relevance of using the renewable fuels for power grids

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Engineering Research, 2022
The paper presents the analysis and efficiency of using the cogeneration power plants and alternative energy sources. The documents on the relevance of introducing the energy-efficient measures in the economies of various countries are given.
Alexander V. Razuvaev   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable woodfuel systems: a theory of change for sub-Saharan Africa

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Communications, 2023
Charcoal and firewood, together comprising woodfuel, are key in the cooking energy mix in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Charcoal is made by burning wood under controlled oxygen to arrive at a product high in carbon.
Mary Njenga, Robin R Sears, Ruth Mendum
doaj   +1 more source

Raising the profile of woodfuels in the forest landscape restoration agenda

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, 2021
Forest landscape restoration (FLR) is being promoted as a means of tackling global challenges including land degradation, climate change, biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.
Celia A. Harvey, Manuel R. Guariguata
doaj   +1 more source

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