Improving Efficiency In Forestry Operations And Forest Product Processing In Kenya

Author : United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210602297

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Improving Efficiency in Forestry Operations and Forest Product Processing in Kenya by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Pdf

This report seeks to assess whether increased efficiency in forestry operations and forest product processing and utilization constitute viable policies and measures to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) for the Government of Kenya, with the potential to attract public and/ or private investments to enable REDD+ implementation. In particular, the report focuses on the extent to which efficiency improvements in commercial logging, sawmills, charcoal production, use of charcoal and firewood in cooking stove technology, and wood usage in industrial processes can address supply deficiency in the forest sector, reduce pressures on forests, and ultimately reduce or eliminate net forest carbon emissions.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9789251096802

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The charcoal transition by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Charcoal is widely used for cooking and heating in developing countries. The consumption of charcoal has been at high level and the demand may keep growing over the next decades, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Some preliminary studies indicate that among commonly used cooking fuels, unsustainably produced charcoal can be the most greenhouse gas intensive fuels and simple measures could deliver high GHG mitigation benefits. Through the Paris Agreement on climate change adopted in 2015, countries set themselves ambitious targets to curb climate change, and forest-related measures have an important role to play in climate change mitigation and adaptation. Over 70% of the countries who have submitted their (intended) nationally determined contributions (NDCs) mention forestry and land use mitigation measures. Despite the importance of woodfuel in many countries, few have explicitly included measures to reduce emissions from woodfuel production and consumption. Many of the NDCs that include forestry do not yet provide detailed information on how mitigation is to be achieved. The overall objective of the publication is to provide data and information to allow for informed decision-making on the contribution sustainable charcoal production and consumption can make to climate change mitigation. More specifically, the publication aims to answer the following questions: - What are the climate change impacts of the current practices on charcoal production and consumption worldwide and across regions? - What is the potential of sustainable charcoal production in GHG emission reductions and how such potential can be achieved? - What are the key barriers to sustainable charcoal production and what actions are required to develop a climate-smart charcoal sector?

Author : Alexandros Gasparatos,Abubakari Ahmed,Merle Naidoo,Alice Karanja,Kensuke Fukushi,Osamu Saito,Kazuhiko Takeuchi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811544583

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Sustainability Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa I by Alexandros Gasparatos,Abubakari Ahmed,Merle Naidoo,Alice Karanja,Kensuke Fukushi,Osamu Saito,Kazuhiko Takeuchi Pdf

The aim of this 2-volume book is to highlight how Sustainability Science approaches can help solve some of the pervasive challenges that Africa faces. The volumes collect a number of local case studies throughout Africa that adopt transdisciplinary and problem-oriented research approaches using methodologies from the natural and the social sciences. These are put into perspective with chapters that introduce key sustainability challenges such using a regional focus. Through this multi-scale and inter/transdisciplinary approach the proposed volume will provide an authoritative source that will pack in a single volume a large amount of information on how Sustainability Science approaches sustainability challenges in African contexts. While there have been general books about sustainability science, none has had a strong African focus. As a result the 2-volume set fills a major gap in the Sustainability Science scholarship. This volume sets the stage for the series. Part I introduces key sustainability challenges in Africa. Parts II‐III highlights specific case studies related to these challenges from West and Central Africa.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9250039255

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Forestry Policies of Selected Countries in Africa by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Proceedings of a Regional Expert Consultation on Forestry Policies in Africa, Accra, Ghana, October 1995. Parallel texts in English & French

Author : Pham, T.T.,Jane, M.,Tran, N.M.H.,Nguyen, T.T.A.,Nguyen, T.V.A.,Nguyen, T.S.,Nguyen, D.Y.K.,Nguyen, D.T.,Dibo, D.,Elmah, O.,Francis, K.,
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A review of forest-food linkages in Kenya by Pham, T.T.,Jane, M.,Tran, N.M.H.,Nguyen, T.T.A.,Nguyen, T.V.A.,Nguyen, T.S.,Nguyen, D.Y.K.,Nguyen, D.T.,Dibo, D.,Elmah, O.,Francis, K., Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0821319175

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The Forest Sector by Anonim Pdf

Since 1978, when the World Bank published its policy paper on forestry, the world's understanding of and concern about the forest sector of the developing world has increased substantially. It has become clear that forests and woodlands play an even more important economic and ecological role than had earlier been recognized. In particular, the importance of tropical moist forests in protecting biological diversity has become more fully appreciated, as has their role in the carbon cycle and in global climatic change. The nature of the challenge; Deforestation and forest degradation; The growing demand for forests and trees for basic needs; Strategies for forest development; The role of the world bank; Challenges for the forest sector; Strategies for forest development; The role of the world bank.

Author : U.S. Interagency Task Force on Tropical Forests
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Deforestation
ISBN : MINN:31951D01420680V

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The World's Tropical Forests by U.S. Interagency Task Force on Tropical Forests Pdf

Author : A.I. Fraser
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1402010885

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Making Forest Policy Work by A.I. Fraser Pdf

Policy issues relating to forestry have been the subject of much debate in recent years, and many countries and international agencies have recently, or are currently in the process, of revising their policies for forestry. Much of this debate has implied that previous policies have failed or been much less successful than had been hoped. There is a tendency to think of policy as a matter for governments, but it is now more widely appreciated that all shareholders in the forestry sector have a legitimate interest in both the policy objectives and the means that will be used to implement it. This book is mainly concerned with the process of developing policy and the subsequent implementation, than in specific content, though many of the important issues which policies must address are discussed. It is based on a review of many case studies with which the author has been personally involved over the past 40 years.

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Congresses and conventions
ISBN : MINN:31951D006122518

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International Organization and Conference Series by United States. Department of State Pdf

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251383575

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Towards more resilient and diverse planted forests by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

FAO’s most recent global synthesis on planted forests was released in 2009 and the last Unasylva on planted forests was published in 2005. Developed together with a coalition of external partners, including the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) task force on planted forests and the TreeDivNet network, Issue 254 hereby responds to the need for wider information-sharing on data, tools and approaches available for leveraging the contributions of planted forests to meet the target of increasing the global forest area of 3 percent by 2030, which Global Forest Goal 1 provides for. Unasylva issue 254 was launched in November 2023 at the International Congress on Planted Forests 2023 (ICPF2023) – the first edition of this global forum to be held in Africa (Nairobi, Kenya).

Author : Grégoire Leclerc,Charles A. S. Hall
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 0826337333

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Making World Development Work by Grégoire Leclerc,Charles A. S. Hall Pdf

"The authors reexamine world development - usually the province of economists - as professionals trained in the natural sciences. They show how we have and might use tested scientific and technical procedures and concepts, as well as science itself, to achieve much better results than what has been characteristic of the past. Leclerc and Hall contend that to scholars with a scientific background, the process of development, and the economic logic behind it, often look almost surrealistic. The basic question at the foundation of this review is this: Why should something so important as world development, something capable of absorbing such vast sums of money and of human goodwill, something that impacts the people and the environment so much, continue to be organized and planned using economic techniques and theories that are both unconfirmed experimentally and proven to have led to development failures?"--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Bourne, M.,Sola, P.,Njenga, M.,Koech, G.,Kirimi, M.,Ignatius, S.,Otieno, E.
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Towards sustainable charcoal production and trade in Baringo County by Bourne, M.,Sola, P.,Njenga, M.,Koech, G.,Kirimi, M.,Ignatius, S.,Otieno, E. Pdf

Key messagesWoodfuel, particularly charcoal, is an important energy source in urban areas and a livelihood source in rural areas.Actors in the Baringo–Nairobi charcoal value chain get between KES 107 and 613 per bag of charcoal depending on their location and role.In most parts of Baringo County, charcoal is produced from the invasive species Prosopis juliflora (mathenge, also known in some countries as ‘mesquite’).Community members, stakeholders and county officials identified priorities for the production and governance of the mathenge charcoal value chain.Strategies include proper management of biomass, efficient processing and effective utilization, and adequately regulated and supported value chains from production to consumption.Good governance of woodfuel value chains will only be achieved when there are transparent, consistent and coordinated regulatory institutional mechanisms that support and incentivize compliance and penalize illegality along the whole value chain. The County Environment Committee initiated a governance process, whilst community members have been engaged in sustainable mathenge charcoal production in Marigat Sub-county.

Author : Jael V. Ludeki
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Forest management
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121851344

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Environmental Management in Kenya by Jael V. Ludeki Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Economic assistance, American
ISBN : PURD:32754074741798

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International Development Assistance Act of 1979 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations Pdf

Author : Kenya. Ministry of Forest Development, Game and Fisheries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Forest policy
ISBN : IND:30000130514213

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A Forest Policy for Kenya by Kenya. Ministry of Forest Development, Game and Fisheries Pdf