{"id":7464,"date":"2012-02-24T09:24:36","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T09:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faceofmalawi.com\/?p=7464"},"modified":"2012-02-24T09:24:36","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T09:24:36","slug":"fuelwood-collection-in-malawi-and-associated-environmental-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/2012\/02\/24\/fuelwood-collection-in-malawi-and-associated-environmental-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuelwood collection in Malawi and associated environmental issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faceofmalawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/NchisiForestReserveMalawi_TVThomasWagnerWikicommons1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.faceofmalawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/NchisiForestReserveMalawi_TVThomasWagnerWikicommons1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"NchisiForestReserveMalawi_TVThomasWagnerWikicommons\" width=\"200\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2605\" \/><\/a>In Malawi, biomass energy accounts for more than 90% of the total primary energy consumption, and forests contribute nearly 75% of the total biomass supply. This paper addresses two questions: what determines Malawian household\u2019s choice of fuel-wood source and, what are the environmental consequences of fuel-wood collection from Malawi\u2019s forest reserves?<\/p>\n<p>The paper draws these findings:<\/p>\n<p>    there are strong substitution opportunities across fuel-wood collection sources<\/p>\n<p>    customary forests and forest reserves are substitutes, as is customary forests and plantation forests, while substitution is more limited between plantation forests and forest reserves<\/p>\n<p>    attributes of the fuel-wood sources (size and species composition) and distance to the sources are the most important determinants of fuel-wood choice<\/p>\n<p>    customary managed forests generate environmental benefits by reducing pressure on both plantation forests and forest reserves<\/p>\n<p>The document indicates the existence of special forest co-management program (FCM), clarifying that fuel-wood collection from the forest reserves under FCM is subjected to regulations and restrictions. Nevertheless, it notes that rules\u2019 enforcement is weak, and co-management structures do not have the legal mandate to prosecute violators.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusions are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>    increasing area under the FCM program can help to reduce pressure on customary forests<\/p>\n<p>    there is a need to expand and strengthen community-based institutions to manage local forest resources<\/p>\n<p>    there is a need to design complementary interventions to encourage individuals, households and communities to establish their own forest plantations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Malawi, biomass energy accounts for more than 90% of the total primary energy consumption, and forests contribute nearly 75% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[1647,1648,1649,1650,1651,258],"class_list":["post-7464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","tag-associated","tag-collection","tag-environmental","tag-fuelwood","tag-issues","tag-malawi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}