Three quarters of the population in Sub Saharan Africa lacks access to modern energy, and
relies instead on biomass fuels for cooking and heating. The environment and health …

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

Grassroots innovation projects have the potential to generate novel, bottom-up solutions that
respond to local situations, interests and values–solving the social, economic and …

Limited success in promoting improved energy sources, such as biogas, in rural areas of
developing countries has been partly blamed on insufficient understanding of household …

In Ethiopia biomass is predominantly utilized for household energy needs often using
inefficient rudimentary stoves which cause adverse environmental and welfare effects. This …

Understanding the spatial distribution of the quantity and economic value of Non-Timber
Forest Product (NTFP) collection gives insight into the benefits that local communities obtain …

In this study, we investigate how households' choice of energy source is influenced by the
status of the local forest resource. We assume that households choose between clean fuels …

This paper analyzes the effect of different types of cookstoves on firewood demand at the
household level. Using nationally representative household survey data from Nepal, we find …

For many off-grid rural communities, renewable energy resources may be the only viable
option for household and village energy supply and electrification. This is especially true for …

Mapping the distribution of the quantity and value of forest benefits to local communities is
useful for forest management, when socio-economic and conservation objectives may need …