Wood Fuel Flows - Rapid Rural Appraisal in Four Asian Countries

Wood Fuel Flows - Rapid Rural Appraisal in Four Asian Countries

Descripción

This document is the report of an International Training Workshop on Rural System Analysis. It contains four comprehensive studies on woodfuel flows, from the acquisition of the resource to its use. Woodfuel flows are identified by researchers in four participating countries (Nepal, Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand) using Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA). Chains in the flow are various groups of enterpreneurs who make their living from fuelwood and charcoal. Producers, who get the products from th e natural resources, transform fuelwood into charcoal, or they might add value with transport and distribution. Traders also sometimes transform and distribute the woodfuel to the end-users. In each study the local specific channels, transformation techniques, distribution and uses of wood energy are presented. The section on transformation includes the kiln types and tree-species used. Wood energy use is categorised into household, commercial (hotels, restaurants) and industrial purposes. The results from the four different countries are compared to each other in terms of similarities and constrains in resource allocation.