Forests

Artisanal gold miners threaten forests in NW Tanzania

ARUSHA, Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Hectares of natural forests have been cleared by artisanal gold miners in northwestern Tanzania’s district of Mbogwe, posing a serious environmental threat, authorities

Publication Date: 
01/03/2018
Coast Week (Kenya)
Tags:
Forests, Deforestation, Mining, Tanzania, Firewood, Forest Management, Africa
Climate Change

New study questions impact of ending fossil fuel subsidies

New research shows that the removal of subsidies would lead to bigger emissions reductions in oil and gas exporting regions, such as Russia, Latin America and the Middle East, than promised by thei

Publication Date: 
16/02/2018
Eco Business
Tags:
Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Carbon Dioxide, Subsidies, Oil, Natural Gas, Green House Gases, Russia, South America, Global, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Firewood
Environment

Refugees ready to go green and become ‘innovation hubs’

Many refugees would like to buy low-carbon stoves and lights but poor access in camps and a lack of funding is forcing them to rely on “dirty and expensive” fuels, a report said on Tuesday.

Publication Date: 
31/01/2018
Eco Business
Tags:
Environment, Refugees, Energy, Solar Energy, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Firewood, Jordan, Kenya, Africa, Burkina Faso
Forests

Vanishing act: Teak no more in Telangana’ top five tree species

HYDERABAD: Teak (Tectona grandis) no longer figures in the top five tree species in Telangana.

Publication Date: 
11/01/2018
New Indian Express (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Telangana, Trees, Forest Encroachments, Firewood, Forests
Air Pollution

Aerosol emissions factors from traditional biomass cookstoves in India: insights from field measurements

Residential solid biomass cookstoves are important sources of aerosol emissions in India. Cookstove emissions rates are largely based on laboratory experiments conducted using the standard water-boiling test, but real-world emissions are often higher owing to different stove designs, fuels, and cooking methods. Constraining mass emissions factors (EFs) for prevalent cookstoves is important because they serve as inputs to bottom-up emissions inventories used to evaluate health and climate impacts.

Publication Date: 
17/11/2017
Apoorva Pandey, Sameer Patel, Shamsh Pervez & et al
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
17
13721–13729
Tags:
Aerosols, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Raipur (D), Biomass Burning, India, Firewood, Crop Residues, Air Pollution, PM 2.5, Black Carbon, Chhattisgarh, Climate Change
Energy

Energy access outlook 2017: from poverty to prosperity

A new and detailed analysis from the International Energy Agency finds that the most cost-effective strategy for providing universal access to electricity and clean-cooking facilities in developing countries is compatible with meeting global climate goals, and prevents millions of premature deaths each year.

Publication Date: 
19/10/2017
International Energy Agency
Tags:
Energy, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Electricity, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Women, Health Effects, Firewood, Developing Countries, India, Green House Gases
Energy

Clean cooking push suffers from "shocking" lack of funding

Funding to boost the numbers of people with access to electric power and clean cooking is too low to meet the global goal for everyone to have modern, reliable and affordable energy by 2030, intern

Publication Date: 
19/09/2017
Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRUST)
Tags:
Energy, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Firewood, Deforestation, World Bank, Solar Energy, India, China, Philippines, Bangladesh
Energy

The power of light: socio-economic and environmental implications of a rural electrification program in Brazil

Universal access to electricity is deemed critical for improving living standards and indispensable for eradicating poverty and achieving sustainable development. In 2003, the 'Luz para Todos' (LpT—Light for All) program was launched aiming to universalize access to electricity in Brazil. The program focused on rural and isolated areas, also targeting to bring development to those regions along with electrification. This paper evaluates the results of the LpT program in improving socio-economic development in the poorest regions of Brazil.

Publication Date: 
23/08/2017
Paula Borges da Silveira Bezerra, Camila Ludovique Callegari, Aline Ribas & et al
Environmental Research Letters
12
9
1-15
Tags:
Rural Electrification, Brazil, Poverty, Statistics, South America, Energy Policy, Firewood, Animal Dung, Fossil Fuels, Crop Residues, Biomass Burning, Household Energy
Forests

Draft rules bypass forest dwellers ‘consent’

The consent of gram sabha will not be mandatory for artificial regeneration of forests or plantation drives by the forest department, going by a latest draft of the Centre's compensatory afforestat

Publication Date: 
14/08/2017
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Gram Sabhas, Afforestation, Firewood, Forest Products, Madhya Pradesh, Forests
Energy

Charcoal is out, guys, govt says

THE government has directed some of its institutions to start phasing out the use of charcoal as a source of cooking energy with immediate effect, a measure that is aimed at conserving environm

Publication Date: 
03/08/2017
Daily News (Tanzania)
Tags:
Energy, Charcoal, Tanzania, Firewood, LPG, Africa

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