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-…
. 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<mailto:tropicalforesters@gmail.com>
Information on Session #1 is at
https://tropicalforesters.org/online-symposium-fuelwood-in-the-tropics-from…
. 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)