This session aims to present the current challenges faced by the woodfuel sector in responding to the demand of a growing market of fuelwood and charcoal in many countries of the developing world, with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, and the options that governments and donors have to develop strategies and solutions to make the production, transformation, and commercialization of woodfuel products more sustainable and carbon neutral.

Woodfuel production can be “greened” by improvements at the various steps of value chains, from the forest to the consumer markets (e.g. improved forest management, new technologies for charcoal and firewood production, green certification, better supply strategies to local, urban and export markets). Moving into a sustainable woodfuel sector could also help reduce emissions and contribute to low-carbon growth strategies committed by governments. It also contributes to energy access, livelihood resilience and risk management in the context of humanitarian responses in displacement settings.

• Supporting Transitions to Sustainable Woodfuels in sub-Saharan Africa with New Tools and Novel Policies
  Speaker: Rob Bailis
• “Before, when we were poor…” - how a market driven afforestation changed trajectories in socio-economic and environmental resilience in Ethiopia
  Speaker: Erik Karltun
• Governance of landscape approach applied to woodfuel value chains in Democratic Republic of Congo: Experiences from Yangambi landscape (North-eastern)
  Speaker: Lwanga Kasereka Muvatsi, CIFOR-ICRAF
• Factors influencing adoption of energy conservation and production technologies for wood fuel resources in Makueni County, Kenya
  Speaker: Nellie Oduor

VIDEO

Promoting sustainable woodfuel in multifunctional landscapes

PUBLICATION

Sustainable woodfuel brief series

Yangambi Engagement Landscape