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What is the important of firewood?
Planting trees for firewood. Almost two third of the world population cooks and heats on wood and/or charcoal. In fact, wood is more important as an energy source than oil for the biggest part of humanity. Within 30 years many countries will be out of wood to cook and heat.
What country uses the most firewood?
Energy > Fuelwood > Consumption by households: Countries Compared
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 349.97 million m³ |
| 2 | Indonesia | 149.48 million m³ |
| 3 | Nigeria | 129.94 million m³ |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 85.78 million m³ |
Why do developing countries use wood?
For the poor in developing countries, both urban as well as rural, wood is usually the principal source of energy for cooking food and for keeping warm. In these countries an estimated 86 percent of all the wood consumed annually is used as fuel.
How much of the world uses wood?
In global terms, woodfuels represent about 7 percent of the world’s total primary energy consumption. Most woodfuel use (76 percent) is in developing countries, where about 77 percent of the world’s population lives. About 44 percent of total woodfuel consumption is in Asian countries (Figure 1).
How does the use of firewood harm the environment?
Cutting wood for fuelwood and charcoal has often been cited as a major cause of deforestation. Now it is widely accepted that the major cause of deforestation is the conversion of forest land into agricultural land and urban areas, due to the growing population and growing demand for food.
Which country is the largest producer of fuel wood in the world?
Notes: Russia is the largest producer of fuel wood in the world because Russia has the largest cover of forests.
Which country is the world’s largest consumer of fuel wood?
China has grown rapidly over the recent decades to become one do the world’s largest wood producing countries and consumer of forest products, and it has recently overtaken the US in sawnwood production. The country is by far the largest producer and consumer of wood-based panels and paper.
Why wood is conventional source of energy?
70. Wood is considered humankind’s very first source of energy. Today, burning of wood is the largest use of energy derived from a solid fuel biomass. In the case of burning wood, stored potential energy (in the form of chemical energy) in the log is released due to heating by other excited atoms.
What country uses the most wood for energy?
This statistic displays the leading country based on total production of wood fuel for energy in 2015. During this year, production of wood fuel reached 65.3 million cubic meters in Nigeria. Wood fuel can be used for cooking, heating, and power production.
Why is wood a good energy source?
Wood is considered humankind’s very first source of energy. Today, burning of wood is the largest use of energy derived from a solid fuel biomass. In the case of burning wood, stored potential energy (in the form of chemical energy) in the log is released due to heating by other excited atoms.
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