Online Symposium: "Fuelwood in the tropics: From cooking stoves to deforestation" Session #2 - 10 Oct 2023

The International Society of Tropical Foresters (ISTF) and the International Forestry Working Group of the Society of American Foresters (IFWG-SAF) are offering the second session of the online symposium "Fuelwood in the tropics: From cooking stoves to deforestation" on Tuesday 10 October 2023 at 10 EDT – 12 EDT (New York City Local Time | UTC – 4). Much of the tropics relies on fuelwood for cooking. More information is posted at https://tropicalforesters.org/blog/2023/09/22/online-symposium-fuelwood-in-the-tropics-from-cooking-stoves-to-deforestationsession-2-10-oct-2023/ . Find your time zone at https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html. Register for the session at https://forms.gle/d58cv1aGxnxChtLh9.

Questions? Contact tropicalforesters@gmail.com

Information on Session #1 is at https://tropicalforesters.org/online-symposium-fuelwood-in-the-tropics-from-cooking-stoves-to-deforestation-11-aug-2023/ . The presentation videos from Session #1 are available at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwGsom_l27zq4vUOEqEvPajLMeFuK2BfY . The symposium videos from Session #2 will also be posted on the ISTF YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC64ds-AZiXfNPtJ-gX4Jw1w

Symposium schedule:

a. Introduction to the symposium series. Sheila Ward, ISTF (2 min)

b. Intro to speakers and topic. Puneet Dwivedi, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, USA & IFWG-SAF (5 min)

c. Efficient Fuelwood Use as a Strategy to Reduce Household Pressure on Natural Forests of the Guinea Savannah Zone of Nigeria. Omotayo Idris Ajao, University of Ilorin and Save Sahara Network, Nigeria. (15 min)

d. Charcoal Movements inside Zambian Cities: From Peri-urban Markets to Low and Medium Density Suburbs. Nixon Chisonga, School of Social Sciences, Mulungushi University, Zambia (15 min))

e. Potential of Carbonized Briquettes to Enhance Sustainability in Woodfuel Supply in Sub-Saharan Africa. Timothy Namaswa, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and Kenya Forestry Research Institute, Kenya (15 min)

f. The KLIMA project: Firewood for reforestation in Haiti. Freny Alcinat, Centre d’enseignement et de coopération internationale, Haiti and Catherine Ruest Belanger, Viridis Terra International, Canada (15 min)

g. Open Discussion (Moderators Dwivedi / Ward – 50 min)