This paper reviews the state of economic understanding about fuelwood in developing
countries. It synthesizes the main results from numerous empirical studies with the intent of …

The natural resource base, terrestrial and marine, provides rural households in lower-
income countries with income, food, shelter, and medicines, which are variously gathered …

Three billion people around the world lack access to affordable and reliable clean cooking
energy. The case for clean energy has largely been built around health and or …

Effective policies to halt deforestation depend critically on the forest context. This article uses
a forest transition framework to discuss three forest contexts: remote (core) forest areas …

Using community forest management to achieve REDD+ goals Page 227 Chapter 16 Using
community forest management to achieve REDD+ goals Arun Agrawal and Arild Angelsen • …

For some time there has been a proposition in forestry and nature conservation disciplines
that timber plantations can potentially support natural forest conservation outcomes when …

In India, conservation of biodiversity goes hand in hand with human welfare, as millions of
people live adjacent or within protected areas and depend upon forests products. The high …

Dependency of urban Ethiopian households on rural areas for about 85% of their fuel needs
is a significant cause of deforestation and forest degradation, resulting in growing fuel …

Abstract Forests resources in Naltar Valley, Pakistan, are under continuous pressure
because of limited access to off-farm opportunities and alternative source of energy …

India has been running large-scale interventions in the energy sector over the last decades.
Still, there is a dearth of reliable and readily available price and income elasticities of …