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Usi civici di pascolo e legnatico nell’altopiano di Rascino (Rieti), trasformazioni delle antiche forme di democrazia e autogoverno comunitario

open access: yesScienze del Territorio, 2020
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]

open access: yesScience, 1984
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

open access: yesDesigns, 2020
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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Firewood and Carpentry Wood Contribution to the Communities of Mutis Timau Protected Forest, Timor Island

open access: yesJurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika, 2018
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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From failure to value: economic valuation for a selected set of products and services from Mediterranean forests

open access: yesForest Systems, 2016
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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Firewood and wildlife /

open access: yes, 1980
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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Firewood transport and invasive insect spread in Michigan

open access: yesFrontiers in Forests and Global Change
Transportation of firewood can be a vector for invasive insect spread resulting in damage to surrounding areas. In 2016 and 2021, surveys were conducted at campgrounds around Michigan to understand where campers were sourcing their firewood, awareness of
Erin Budzyn, Emily S. Huff, Heidi Frei
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Strategies Used by Rural Indigenous Populations to Cope with Energy Poverty, in San Luis Potosí, Mexico

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
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]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2006
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 ...
Van T Veld, Klaas   +4 more
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Small Community Businesses in Slums: A Perspective on Kenyan Slum Networks

open access: yesStrategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on networks, the relational dimensions and structures cocreated by small community businesses and cooperative societies through everyday entrepreneurship in slum neighborhoods remain undertheorized. Drawing upon 1166 small community businesses, we conceptualize the relational dimensions and structures underlying ...
Amon Simba   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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