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Bioenergy / Carbon / charcoal / fuelwood / Kenya / Livelihoods / Poverty

by Mary Njenga · 17 May, 2018

Banning charcoal isn’t the way to go. Kenya should make it sustainable

A woman sells charcoal in Nairobi, Kenya. Flickr/Laura Rantanen By Mary Njenga, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) The Kenyan government has clamped down on the production of charcoal, which it blames for environmental damage. A three-month ban on trading...

Bioenergy / Capacity Building / Carbon / charcoal / Commodities / CRP6-Forests, Trees and Agroforestry / CRP7-Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security / Emissions / fuelwood / Greenhouse Gases (Ghg) / Knowledge Sharing / Natural Resource Management / Participation / SD2-Markets, value chains and institutions / SD5-Environmental Services / SD6-Climate Change / SDG01-Poverty eradication, building shared prosperity and promoting equality / SDG02 - Sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition / SDG03-Health and population dynamics / SDG04-Education and life-long learning / SDG07-Energy / SDG08-Economic growth and employment / SDG11-Sustainable cities and human settlements / SDG12-Sustainable Consumption and Production / SDG13-Climate change / SDG15 -Ecosystems and biodiversity / Tanzania

by Mary Njenga and Sabrina Chesterman · 8 Dec, 2017

SHARED knowledge to promote sustainable woodfuel

Workshops in Tanzania to better understand the context of woodfuel (charcoal and firewood) systems and plan for sustainable interventions brought together communities, governments, NGOs and businesses in three regions. We have just returned from Tanzania where we witnessed...

Banning charcoal isn’t the way to go. Kenya should make it sustainable

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