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Fuelwood Consumption and Tree Species Extinction, a Case Study of Kartala Forest in Western Mbadjini of Region of Comoros

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Moussa A., Onuorah M., Luyiga S.

World News of Natural Sciences

2022

vol. 43

138-150

Woodfuel has been the most dominant fuel for cooking in households in developing countries where more than half of the world's population resides. High fuelwood consumption contributes to deforestation and forest degradation. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the rate of fuelwood consumption of households in the western Mbadjini region of Comoros. The study's approach is a quantitative/qualitative survey. Specifically, we use the weight-survey method to measure the daily fuelwood consumption per household and capita per day. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The result revealed an average rate of 15.1 kg of fuelwood consumed daily per household (15.1 kg/household/day) given an average per capita per day of 2.0 kg and 732 kg per capita per year (2.0 kg/person/day, 732 kg/capita/year). However, different rates of fuelwood consumption were obtained in different family sizes. Minimum, maximum, and large Family sizes consumed 9.9 kg, 17.4 kg, and 18.0 kg per day. Further, the results indicated that all the respondents were using fuelwood energy sources for cooking and all of them depend on this energy source for survival. Women were the leading fuelwood collectors (53.3%), followed by children (23.7%). Further, the study revealed that most respondents (96%) preferred using fuelwood for cooking their meals. The free collection of fuelwood from the forest (60%), the rapid cooking of meals due to the use of fuelwood (25%), and the belief that the meal tastes perfect when using fuelwood (15%) were the main reasons why respondents preferred using fuelwood energy. The most preferred tree species for fuelwood were Nuxia pseudodentata, Gyrostipula comarensis, Psidium catleanum, and Mangifera indica.

Charcoal production: A promoter of deforestation in Nigeria

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Isese M. O. O.

World News of Natural Sciences

2019

vol. 27

1-10

Charcoal production in Nigeria is a growing source of concern for government and forestry institutions because of its perceived impact on the environment. The agreed impact is deforestation, i.e., the clearance of indiscriminate cutting of forest trees. Forest degradation associated with charcoal production is difficult to monitor and overlooked and under-represented in forest cover change and carbon emission estimates. Emissions of greenhouse gases a consequence of deforestation from charcoal production in tropical ecosystems in 2009 are estimated at 71.2 million t for carbon dioxide and 1.3 million t for methane. Trees used for charcoal production are Vitellaria paradoxa, Ficus sur, Tectona grandis, Khaya ivorensis, Bombax buonopozense just to mention a few. This review aims to further discredit the act of indiscriminate forest tree falling for charcoal production which have proofed by various works as a promoter of deforestation.

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Fuelwood Consumption and Tree Species Extinction, a Case Study of Kartala Forest in Western Mbadjini of Region of Comoros

Charcoal production: A promoter of deforestation in Nigeria