The Charcoal Project » Charcoal market http://www.charcoalproject.org Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:17:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 PHOTO ESSAY: How Manila’s slum-dwellers eek out a charcoal living http://www.charcoalproject.org/2012/01/photo-essay-how-manilas-slum-dwellers-eek-out-a-charcoal-living/ http://www.charcoalproject.org/2012/01/photo-essay-how-manilas-slum-dwellers-eek-out-a-charcoal-living/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:27:58 +0000 Jean Kim Chaix http://www.charcoalproject.org/?p=4325 This being the UN-declared Year of Sustainable Energy for All, we hope policy-makers and all those pushing for clean fuels in the developing world will look into the eyes of this little girl and remember that solar and wind are not the only solutions. The world needs clean charcoal, too.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.charcoalproject.org/2012/01/photo-essay-how-manilas-slum-dwellers-eek-out-a-charcoal-living/feed/ 1 NEWS: U$6M lost to illegal charcoal, wood export from Nigeria. http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/12/news-u6m-lost-to-illegal-charcoal-wood-export-from-nigeria/ http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/12/news-u6m-lost-to-illegal-charcoal-wood-export-from-nigeria/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:48:35 +0000 Jean Kim Chaix http://www.charcoalproject.org/?p=4147 Nigeria has lost over N1 billion (USD 6,156,880) (Euro 4,629,360) to illegal export of charcoal and logs from states in the South West and North Central to the Middle East and Europe in the last four years.

An investigation by Daily Trust revealed that charcoal and wood export were the major factors responsible for the massive deforestation in the country.

The illegal export is booming despite the existence of federal laws that prohibits the export of logs from Nigeria.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/12/news-u6m-lost-to-illegal-charcoal-wood-export-from-nigeria/feed/ 0 VIDEO: The charcoal problem in Tanzania compellingly explained http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/08/video-the-charcoal-problem-in-tanzania-compellingly-explained/ http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/08/video-the-charcoal-problem-in-tanzania-compellingly-explained/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:20:53 +0000 Jean Kim Chaix http://www.charcoalproject.org/?p=3970 Dar es Salaam consumes the equivalent of 16 olympic pools in charcoal every day. This figure is increasing daily as rural populations migrate to urban centers. At $350 million per year, charcoal is big business, too.

This great video produced by the World Bank last year (2010) lays out the issue in a way that is well-documented and visually compelling.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/08/video-the-charcoal-problem-in-tanzania-compellingly-explained/feed/ 2 African economies leaving money on the table with current charcoal policies. http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/06/african-economies-leaving-money-on-the-table-with-current-charcoal-policies/ http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/06/african-economies-leaving-money-on-the-table-with-current-charcoal-policies/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:02:17 +0000 Jean Kim Chaix http://www.charcoalproject.org/?p=3760 Revelations from Africa:

  • Africa must formally recognize its huge charcoal sector.
  • Solid biomass fuels could very well be the continents key to producing. homegrown sustainable renewable fuels for domestic and productive energy.
  • The negative impact of sky-rocketing food prices on education.
  • Energy efficiency and renewables can mitigate the pain of rising food costs.
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Continue reading →]]> http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/06/3752/feed/ 4 KENYA: Despised tree finds new life as woodfuel http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/02/kenya-despised-tree-finds-new-life-as-woodfuel/ http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/02/kenya-despised-tree-finds-new-life-as-woodfuel/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:43:13 +0000 Jean Kim Chaix http://www.charcoalproject.org/?p=3240 Decades ago, the mathenge tree (prosopis juriflora) was introduced to East Africa from South America to combat desertification. But the "law of unintended consequences" turned the experiment into a failure. Now residents of Baringo district in Kenya are finding new uses for this reviled tree species.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/02/kenya-despised-tree-finds-new-life-as-woodfuel/feed/ 0 Tragedy in the DRC’s Virunga National Park http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/01/tragedy-in-the-drcs-virunga-national-park/ http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/01/tragedy-in-the-drcs-virunga-national-park/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:23:13 +0000 Jean Kim Chaix http://www.charcoalproject.org/?p=3199 Continue reading →]]> http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/01/tragedy-in-the-drcs-virunga-national-park/feed/ 1 TANZANIA: Economic recovery hurting energy poor; shift to charcoal from kerosene http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/01/tanzania-economic-recovery-hurting-energy-poor-shift-to-charcoal-from-kerosene/ http://www.charcoalproject.org/2011/01/tanzania-economic-recovery-hurting-energy-poor-shift-to-charcoal-from-kerosene/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:00:08 +0000 Jean Kim Chaix http://www.charcoalproject.org/?p=3143 The prices of kerosene, cooking gas, and electricity have gone up by 6, 20, and 18.5 per cent respectively. Experts say this leaves most households in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and other urban centres with little choice but to shift to charcoal.

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A report by the Kenya Forest Services (KFS) and environmental lobby groups says that most parts of the country are likely to suffer desertification if measures to control indiscriminate cutting of trees are not taken.

“Water volume in at least eight rivers in the North Rift have drastically declined while springs that feed River Kerio and Sosiani River are on the verge of drying up,” said Mr John Chumo of Friends of Nandi Environmentalists, a local lobby group.

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