Shortage of wood fuel in Chadian cities

Far from the outdated image that we sometimes associate with it, wood energy is one of the few local renewable energy resources. The mobilization of this resource is likely to generate sustainable employment in both rural and urban areas, but in most cases contributes to the destructuring of rural landscapes and the surroundings of major cities in Chad. To remedy this new phenomenon, the Chadian government took restrictive measures: a formal ban on cutting green wood and a framework for collecting dead wood. A few months later, there is a real shortage of fuelwood in N'Djamena and Moundou. Is this the opposite effect of the forestry policy or is the product scarce from the production sites?

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DJANGRANG Man-na ist Oberassistent CAMES an der Universität Moundou. Er ist seit 2012 Chefredakteur der wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift "Annales de l'université, série À" und Mitglied mehrerer panafrikanischer Wissenschaftsorganisationen. Seine Arbeiten befassen sich insbesondere mit Ressourcenmanagement und -kartierung.