Fuel Wood Gathering

Wood Gathered/cut                            

No interception 
Soil unprotected
Erosion by water/wind

Surface run off faster
Flooding & increased sediment from erosion

(deforestation)

Habitats destroyed
Fewer nutrients aded into soil from decomposing vegetation
Nutrients lost from soil
Desertification 
Infertile soil - ecosystems permanently damaged
Can't be used for crops/ grazing

• Gatherng dead wood in rural areas for local use is sutainable
• Commercial collection of lvie wood for urban areas is now outstripping growth.
• Ubranisation making problems worse:
  - Ubran populations growing faster
  - Convert wood to charcoal, lighter but only contains 40% woods energy, so larger lumps wood needed (not twigs).

Future problems:

• Not enough wood nearby, have to travel further.
• Can't heat food, have lighting or warmth.
• Increased demand for alternative resources.
• Conlict for little wood left.