Fuelwood From Natural Forests’ Contribution to Households’ Energy Use and Its Effect on Carbon Dioxide Emission in Delanta District, Northeastern Ethiopia
Ethiopian rural households primarily rely on fuelwood as their energy source. This research was designed to quantify the amount of annual fuelwood collected from forests. The research uses a simple random sampling method for household selection that was used to invert the study, and the data were an...
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| description | Ethiopian rural households primarily rely on fuelwood as their energy source. This research was designed to quantify the amount of annual fuelwood collected from forests. The research uses a simple random sampling method for household selection that was used to invert the study, and the data were analyzed using Excel and Stata software. As a result, among the primary causes of deforestation and CO2 emissions are a strong reliance on fuelwood. The purpose of this study was to calculate the annual quantity of fuelwood harvested from the forests as well as the amount of CO2e and C produced throughout the process. An estimated 2725 kg of firewood and 26 kg of charcoal were used annually per households. In contrast, each household extracted an average of 3909.3 kg of firewood and 516.5 kg of charcoal annually from the forests to sale. The analysis of this study demonstrates that fuelwood from the forest accounted for 71% of the total energy sources that the sampled household had access to for both expenditure and sale. 66% of the overall energy sources came from firewood, and 5% came from charcoal. Consequently, 66% of fuelwood extracted from the forest is utilized for sale and serves as an alternate means of income generation, while 34% of fuelwood is used for household expenditure in the study area. From the total energy sources, fuelwood from the forest shares 51% of energy sources accessible for use in households and 96% of energy providers available for sale (income generation). However, in the examined areas, inefficient combustion of this fuel results in greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, each year, the burning of fuelwood taken from this forest contributes 974 tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) to the atmosphere. This suggests that 265.6 tons of carbon is added to the household’s total carbon footprint as a result of using fuelwood from the forest as a domestic energy source. Annually, 7.74 tons and 1.96 tons of CO2e and carbon are emitted per household, respectively. Generally, fuelwood from the forest has a great role in either household energy use or income contribution. But without consideration of emissions, deforestation for fuelwood production has implications for emission. Conserving natural forests by adopting different forms of energy like electrical sources or establishing plantations on our own land is an essential approach to mitigating climate change in the future. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2114f52d82fd43e68ba7826cb979a4f22025-08-20T02:40:40ZengWileyInternational Journal of Forestry Research1687-93762024-01-01202410.1155/ijfr/7768742Fuelwood From Natural Forests’ Contribution to Households’ Energy Use and Its Effect on Carbon Dioxide Emission in Delanta District, Northeastern EthiopiaSintayehu Eshetu0Department of ForestryEthiopian rural households primarily rely on fuelwood as their energy source. This research was designed to quantify the amount of annual fuelwood collected from forests. The research uses a simple random sampling method for household selection that was used to invert the study, and the data were analyzed using Excel and Stata software. As a result, among the primary causes of deforestation and CO2 emissions are a strong reliance on fuelwood. The purpose of this study was to calculate the annual quantity of fuelwood harvested from the forests as well as the amount of CO2e and C produced throughout the process. An estimated 2725 kg of firewood and 26 kg of charcoal were used annually per households. In contrast, each household extracted an average of 3909.3 kg of firewood and 516.5 kg of charcoal annually from the forests to sale. The analysis of this study demonstrates that fuelwood from the forest accounted for 71% of the total energy sources that the sampled household had access to for both expenditure and sale. 66% of the overall energy sources came from firewood, and 5% came from charcoal. Consequently, 66% of fuelwood extracted from the forest is utilized for sale and serves as an alternate means of income generation, while 34% of fuelwood is used for household expenditure in the study area. From the total energy sources, fuelwood from the forest shares 51% of energy sources accessible for use in households and 96% of energy providers available for sale (income generation). However, in the examined areas, inefficient combustion of this fuel results in greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, each year, the burning of fuelwood taken from this forest contributes 974 tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) to the atmosphere. This suggests that 265.6 tons of carbon is added to the household’s total carbon footprint as a result of using fuelwood from the forest as a domestic energy source. Annually, 7.74 tons and 1.96 tons of CO2e and carbon are emitted per household, respectively. Generally, fuelwood from the forest has a great role in either household energy use or income contribution. But without consideration of emissions, deforestation for fuelwood production has implications for emission. Conserving natural forests by adopting different forms of energy like electrical sources or establishing plantations on our own land is an essential approach to mitigating climate change in the future.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/ijfr/7768742 |
| spellingShingle | Sintayehu Eshetu Fuelwood From Natural Forests’ Contribution to Households’ Energy Use and Its Effect on Carbon Dioxide Emission in Delanta District, Northeastern Ethiopia International Journal of Forestry Research |
| title | Fuelwood From Natural Forests’ Contribution to Households’ Energy Use and Its Effect on Carbon Dioxide Emission in Delanta District, Northeastern Ethiopia |
| title_full | Fuelwood From Natural Forests’ Contribution to Households’ Energy Use and Its Effect on Carbon Dioxide Emission in Delanta District, Northeastern Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Fuelwood From Natural Forests’ Contribution to Households’ Energy Use and Its Effect on Carbon Dioxide Emission in Delanta District, Northeastern Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fuelwood From Natural Forests’ Contribution to Households’ Energy Use and Its Effect on Carbon Dioxide Emission in Delanta District, Northeastern Ethiopia |
| title_short | Fuelwood From Natural Forests’ Contribution to Households’ Energy Use and Its Effect on Carbon Dioxide Emission in Delanta District, Northeastern Ethiopia |
| title_sort | fuelwood from natural forests contribution to households energy use and its effect on carbon dioxide emission in delanta district northeastern ethiopia |
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