Technical Support on Forest Management and Sustainable Charcoal Value Chain in Uganda - TCP/UGA/3805
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Access to clean energy is a major challenge in many African countries, where over 90 percent of the population depends on biomass as the primary source of energy. In Uganda, 88 percent of the energy supply comes from firewood, charcoal and crop residues. The lack of appropriate regulation and the fact that the governance framework is distributed into different ministries and agencies has created an overlap in responsibilities and has led to illegalities and irregularities within the charcoal production system. The charcoal value chain is of great importance to the country’s socio-economic development, however wood for charcoal production is often extracted from natural forests and under minimal supervision, and is therefore linked to negative social and environmental effects such as deforestation, forest degradation and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.