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Since the Middle Ages the vast area of the Rascino plateau (Fiamignano, Rieti) has been burdened by the ‘civic uses’ of pasture and firewood. The primary purpose of civic uses, for the exclusive benefit of residents and clearly explained in the current ...
Settimio Adriani, Antonio Di Pasquale
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Residential Firewood Use [PDF]
This document is a criticism and subsequent rebuttal concerning a paper (Lipfert and Dungan, Science 219, 1425(1983)), previously published on the residential use of wood fuels for space heating. The use of specified parameters and the appropriateness of conclusion is debated. 12 references.
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Hourly Firewood Consumption Patterns and CO2 Emission Patterns in Rural Households of Nepal
Nepal has low per-capita energy use and a majority of its rural residents use firewood as their primary energy source. Excessive use of firewood in improperly ventilated buildings degrades the indoor environment and health condition of the inhabitants ...
Pokharel Tika Ram, Rijal Hom Bahadur
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The increased demand for firewood threatens the habitat of many wildlife species. Dead or dying trees that commonly are cut for firewood are vital to wildlife species that nest in tree cavities. Likewise, healthy trees of many species preferred for firewood are important components of wildlife habitat. Tree species or species groups are value-rated for
Andrew B. Carey, John D. Gill
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The existence of Mutis Timau Protected Forest (MTPF) has given a real contribution to the community by providing household energy needs and raw materials for building the houses.
Fransiskus Xaverius Dako +3 more
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Aim of study: the paper estimates the economic value of a selected range of forest products and services, i.e. roundwood, non-wood forest products (NWFPs), and carbon-related services.Area of study: the research covers 21 Mediterranean countries ...
Davide Pettenella +2 more
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At the global level, the strategies used by rural Indigenous populations to face energy poverty have not been studied. Pioneering in the field, this work contributes to filling the gaps in the literature on the subject, mobilize the debate on a problem ...
Susana Carolina Guzmán-Rosas
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India's Firewood Crisis Re-Examined [PDF]
Households in rural India are highly dependent on firewood as their main source of energy, partly because non-biofuels tend to be expensive. The prevailing view is therefore that, when faced with shortages of firewood in the village commons, such households, and especially the women in them, have to spend more and more time searching for firewood and ...
Klaas van 't Veld +4 more
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Firewood and Bark Beetles in the Southwest
2 pp.Pine Bark Beetles, Cypress Bark BeetlesLife cycle of the bark beetles and how to detect in firewood. Source of firewood is important. Dry wood is a poor host for bark beetles. Most bark beetles are host specific.
DeGomez, Tom, Loomis, Beverly
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Results of decreasing cost of local firewood.
Decrease cost of local firewood: n = 0.1, f = 1, σ = 0.1 where a) number of susceptible trees as a function of time with Cl = $2.25; b) number of infested trees as a function of time with Cl = $2.25; c) proportion of local firewood strategists as a ...
Jacob Cecile (5658733) +3 more
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