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Warientalism, or the Carrier of Firewood

open access: yesArab Studies Quarterly, 2021
The world, under Donald Trump's presidency, inaugurated a “new” way of dealing with international affairs, one abrupt and unapologetic, making the world into a world of warcraft. Trump came up with a “might is right” rule as a “solution” that proved, because official, to be of such a strong force of influence and legitimization it gained inter ...
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Correlation of woodfuel production participation among rural households in the drylands of Ethiopia

open access: yesFrontiers in Forests and Global Change
Woodfuel production and consumption have been a concern for multiple stakeholders involved in household energy use, deforestation, and climate change. While research into the underlying decision-making process is growing, it remains insufficient.
Gonche Girma   +5 more
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Granny shows the way: Results from implementing an alternative fire-lighting method in Orange Farm

open access: yesJournal of Energy in Southern Africa, 2017
High levels of air pollution caused by domestic coal burning create human health problems and unwarranted economic loss. The associated health cost is estimated at R1.2 billion per annum.
M Wentzel
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India's Firewood Crisis Re-examined [PDF]

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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 ...
Chopra, Neetu   +4 more
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Predictive Mapping of Dwarf Shrub Vegetation in an Arid High Mountain Ecosystem Using Remote Sensing and Random Forests

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2014
In many arid mountains, dwarf shrubs represent the most important fodder and firewood resources; therefore, they are intensely used. For the Eastern Pamirs (Tajikistan), they are assumed to be overused.
Kim André Vanselow, Cyrus Samimi
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Poverty and firewood consumption : A case study of rural households in northern China [PDF]

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This paper discusses the determinants of firewood consumption in a poor township in rural northern China, with a special focus on the relationship between households' economic wealth and firewood consumption.
Martin Fournier, Sylvie Démurger
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Forest disappearance by firewood consumption in the Amazon estuary

open access: yesEspacio y Desarrollo, 1998
Deforestation of flooded (várzea) and non-flooded (terra firme) forests caused by firewood consumption at tile factories (olaria) was investigated in Abaetetuba Island at the Amazon estuary.
Akio Tsuchiya, Mario Hiraoka
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MULTINOMIAL LOGIT ANALYSIS OF HOUSEHOLD COOKING FUEL CHOICE IN RURAL KENYA: A CASE OF KISUMU DISTRICT [PDF]

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The study uses multinomial logit model to investigate the factors that determine household cooking fuel choice between firewood, charcoal, and kerosene in Kisumu, Kenya.
Fraser, Gavin C.G., Pundo, Moses O.
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Uso y conocimiento comunitario del algarrobo (Prosopis pallida) e implicaciones para la conservación del bosque seco peruano

open access: yesCiencias Ambientales, 2018
El algarrobo (Prosopis pallida Kunth) es la especie clave del bosque seco norteño de Perú, un ecosistema forestal muy amenazado. El algarrobo es únicamente adaptado para florecer en ambientes áridos, pero aun así su alcance en la costa peruana y ...
Johanna Depenthal   +1 more
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Railroad Cars Loaded with Firewood

open access: yes, 2013
A group of open railway cars loaded full of cut and split firewood, with a small group of people standing on tracks at rear of cars2.1.3 Current Latvian history 7 cultuere ( Pre-Post WWII), 2.0 Latvian Geography, Culture ...
Athabasca University (Creator)et al
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