The Importance of Including Forest Degradation in a REDD Mechanism, June 2009 (pdf)
Excerpt – Fuelwood Management
Several strategies exist that are geared to alleviate the degrading pressures of fuelwood collection, which is a major driver of degradation and deforestation in several developing countries. The negative impacts of fuelwood collection can be mitigated through a variety of land management and improved cooking regimes,including:
1. Agroforestry: Employing systems that combine trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock to create more diverse, productive, and sustainable land-use systems that can provide food and income as well as fuelwood.
2. Afforestation/Reforestation: Planting trees on cleared or degraded lands to provide a new source of fuelwood for communities.
3. Windbreaks and windrows: Strategically planting trees or woody shrubs to protect crops from wind damage, improve productivity, and provide a source of fuelwood.
4. Fuelstoves: Replacing wood-burning stoves with models that burn other fuels, such as methane from agricultural waste, can reduce the need for fuelwood while improving indoor air quality
