Dynamics of fuelwood prices in India: Policy implications

The saga of participatory forest management in India

“…Some authors (Bowonder et al 1986(Bowonder et al , 1988) make a distinction between use of fuelwood by rural people, which is largely twigs and branches and hence potentially sustainable, and by the urban sector. The greater use of logs and larger branches in the towns means that reasonably sized trees are sought after and cut, possibly in large patches.…”