Production, Utilization and Marketing of Woodfuel in Lao PDR

RWEDP Report No.45, 1999

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More than 95 % of the total population in Lao PDR make use of woodfuel for many purposes, among which cooking and heating. To strengthen efforts to ensure a sustainable woodfuel supply without adversely affecting the environment, society and the economy, the Forest Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry cooperated with RWEDP to organize a National Workshop on the Production, Utilization and Marketing of Woodfuel. The workshop was attended by participants from various Ministries, the Lao Women's Union, the National University of Lao PDR and representatives of forestry divisions, state and private forest enterprises. This publication contains among other things the papers which were presented during this workshop.

Table of contents
	Foreword
	Acknowledgements
	List of Abbreviations
Part I: Workshop Report
1.	Introduction
2.	Participants
3.	Objectives
4.	Workshop Structure and Contents
5.	Conclusions and Recommendations
Part II: Papers Presented
1.	Utilization and Development of Renewable Energy in Lao PDR
2.	Woodfuel Utilization Policy in Lao PDR
3.	Promotion of Biomass Energy Utilization in Lao PDR
4.	Firewood Consumption
5.	Marketing and Production of Firewood
6.	Firewood Production, Utilization and Marketing in the Lao PDR
7.	Timber Production for Energy in Luang Prabang Province
8.	Use of Firewood for Energy in Savannakhet Province
9.	Shifting Cultivation and Firewood Use
10.	Gender in Wood Utilization
11.	Woodfuel Utilization
12.	Woodfuel Demand and Supply in Lao PDR
13.	Woodfuel Demand and Supply in Vientiane Prefecture
Part III: Appendices

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