Scientists believe that deforestation across the Horn of Africa, particularly for firewood harvest, has been a major contributor to the pervasive drought in the region.

We featured the longer version of this film in a post back in August.

If so, register today for the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air’s (PCIA) webinar titled “WBT and Controlled Cooking Tests in Rwanda, Laos and Bangladesh” on March 13, 2012. This is the fifth in a series of PCIA webinars devoted to stove performance testing.

Geoffrey Oryema, the district leader of Nwoya, said poverty and lack of a meaningful livelihood source were the driving factors for environmental destruction.

"What do you expect somebody in the village without money to pay for his needs such as soap, salt, medicine and food to do?" Oryema said. "People are struggling to find alternatives to survive."

As the world's population looks set to grow to nearly 9 billion by 2040 from 7 billion now, and the number of middle-class consumers increases by 3 billion over the next 20 years, the demand for resources will rise exponentially.

Please consider participating in one of the upcoming webinars to learn more about the the voluntary, interim cookstove "Tiers of Performance” that we (PCIA) plan to finalize through the International Workshop Agreement.

"Legacy Foundation is happy to announce the publication and availability of three new biomass briquette supporting manuals."