2020
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-21784
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Social and environmental dynamics in a charcoal producing area: The case of Central Pokot, Kenya

Abstract: <p>Wood charcoal ranks amongst the most commercialized but least regulated commodities in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite its prevalence as an energy source for cooking and heating, the localized environmental and livelihood impacts of charcoal production are poorly understood. This research deficit is amplified by widespread negative views of this activity as a poverty-driven cause of deforestation and land-degradation. However, the charcoal-degradation nexus is apparently more complicated, not leas… Show more

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