The case of Uruguay could be instructive for other countries with no fossil energy reserves , but with land resources suited to a forest strategy . This experience stands in contrast to social forestry programs in many developing ...

As is the tradition in developing countries , energy as well as building needs come directly from local forests . Fuelwood is the most important source of domestic energy in Central America as approximately 80 percent of the households ...

Any attempt to resolve energy problems in the third world must begin with the problem of fuelwood . ... indigenous management regard to the physical characteristics and the techniques or many tropical forest species .

The Narva Protected Area ( 7,000 ha ) is one of the most important protected areas in Trinidad and Tobago and has a very rich biodiversity due to the varied mosaic of vegetation communities : tropical rain forest , palm forests ...

These urban centers also create demands for more sophisticated energy types than wood to burn . ... Demand for forest products and alternative uses of forested land exert a pull on Third World people and their resources .

CeCoEco : alliances for the development of forest SMEs Since 2002 , in a project funded by the Multilateral ... of forest SMEs in Guatemala , Honduras and Nicaragua , primarily working in the broadleaf forests of those countries .

is a vine commonly found in the Petén forests , which although used by the locals previously , its processing and ... on fuelwood to satisfy their cooking needs , while country - wide , approximately 50 % of energy needs are supplied by ...

In most countries , the forest service has a reputation as a " police " force -- guardians of the forest estate , rather ... Such institutional issues could well form a component of the social science research to be developed by the ...

2 TREE AID is a UK - based NGO focused on empowering poor families , and especially women , to unlock the potential from trees to meet their basic needs and generate income and by raising awareness of the power of trees improve forest ...

... the rights of people who depend on forests for their livelihoods and provide benefits for these communities. Treethanol: Cellulose based ethanol derived from wood products An estimated 60% of harvested wood is used to produce energy ...