Differences in consumption rates and patterns between firewood and charcoal: A case study in a rural area of Yedashe Township, Myanmar

Win, Zar Chi; Mizoue, Nobuya; Ota, Tetsuji; Kajisa, Tsuyoshi; Yoshida, Shigejiro; Oo, Thaung Naing; Ok, Hwan

doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2017.12.011

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“…We conducted the surveys in January 2016. Unlike the households in rural Yedashe [18], these households used multiple types of energy for cooking, such as firewood, charcoal, electricity, and gas. We held interviews based on semi-structured questionnaires, which focused on household sector energy uses.…”

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“…The present investigation aimed to evaluate woodfuel consumption rates and patterns in an urban area of Yedashe Township, Myanmar and compare the results with those of a rural area within the same township by Win et al [18]. Through this comparison, we examine the effects of urbanization on woodfuel use and its impact on forests.…”

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“…However, none of the above studies produced data about woodfuel consumption rates and patterns, and how much deforestation is attributed by woodfuel consumption. While the study by Win et al [18] estimated the woodfuel supply and demand conditions for rural areas, the overall supply and demand potentials in Myanmar for woodfuel are still not clear. Win et al [18] evaluated the impacts of the "energy ladder" from firewood to charcoal in rural areas.…”

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“…While the study by Win et al [18] estimated the woodfuel supply and demand conditions for rural areas, the overall supply and demand potentials in Myanmar for woodfuel are still not clear. Win et al [18] evaluated the impacts of the "energy ladder" from firewood to charcoal in rural areas. They estimated that the area of forest needed to meet the woodfuel demand in all the rural villages in Yedashe Township would increase from 3% of forest within 5 km of villages to 13% of forest if they assumed an energy transition whereby the proportion of charcoal single users increased from the current level of 19% to 100%.…”

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“…Unlike firewood use in rural areas, there has been concern about the environmental impact of charcoal use in urban areas [2,4,[9][10][11][12]; that is because collected firewood is mostly from deadwood or small branches [13][14][15], though charcoal is mainly produced from living trunks or branches [16][17][18]. Mwampamba [19] produced a simulation of the necessary extent of forest area needed to meet urban charcoal consumption in Tanzania; the author concluded that charcoal consumption was a real threat to the long-term survival of forests.…”

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Consumption Rates and Use Patterns of Firewood and Charcoal in Urban and Rural Communities in Yedashe Township, Myanmar

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Abstract:There is concern over the environmental impact of charcoal use for cooking in urban areas; however, studies have mainly been limited to Africa and South Asia. This investigation aimed to evaluate woodfuel consumption rates and patterns in an urban area in Yedashe Township, Myanmar and compared them with results from a rural area in the same township. From interviews with 66 urban households, it was evident that firewood and charcoal consumption rates in the urban area were about one-third and one-fourth, respectively, of those in the rural area. These low consumption rates were because of multiple-fuel use (mainly woodfuel and electricity) in the urban area in contrast to single-fuel use in the rural area. We estimated the forest area required to meet woodfuel demand of the whole township to be 3738 ha; that could decrease by almost 40% (1592 ha) if the single-fuel use in the rural area switched to the multiple-fuel methods used in the urban area. This study confirms that urbanization with an "energy stack" in multiple-fuel use, rather than an "energy ladder" from firewood to charcoal, could largely reduce the environmental impact on forests.

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Tropical forests support a diversity of plants. Many of them are threatened, emphasising that their shared use by people and wildlife may benefit their conservation. Litt forests of southeast Madagascar, home to seven threatened lemur species, provide the Antanosy people with natural resources. In the early 2000s, protected areas were established in two regions that historically incurred different levels of anthropogenic pressures: Sainte Luce and Mandena. We explored the local use of plants as medicine, construction materials and firewood, and examined the overlap of plants used by people and the red-collared brown lemur (Eulemur collaris), the largest lemur in this ecosystem and an important seed disperser. Between July and October 2018, 60 adults (30 women, 30 men) participated in semi-structured interviews. Our findings show 122 plants are locally used as medicines, 60 as construction materials, and 71 as firewood. Of all utilitarian plants, 52 were confirmed in this lemur’s diet. Sainte Luce participants reported they used a higher diversity of species in all three categories. Western medicines were available and preferred to medicinal plants, but the choice also often depended on the health condition being addressed. Firewood was preferred to charcoal for cooking. Resource restrictions of the protected areas has negatively affected the local people. Local ethnobotanical knowledge reflects the importance of plants, while differences in plant use of the two communities reflect differences in biodiversity and socio-economic circumstances. Emphasising this interdependence, especially in forest restoration, could be a path towards conservation of plants, lemurs, and people, as well as traditional livelihoods.

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Differences in consumption rates and patterns between firewood and charcoal: A case study in a rural area of Yedashe Township, Myanmar

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Consumption Rates and Use Patterns of Firewood and Charcoal in Urban and Rural Communities in Yedashe Township, Myanmar

Consumption Rates and Use Patterns of Firewood and Charcoal in Urban and Rural Communities in Yedashe Township, Myanmar

People, Lemurs and Utilitarian Plants of the Littoral Forests in Southeast Madagascar

Advanced stoves designing and their thermal behavior prediction: a validated mathematical model

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