Traditional Energy Programs with an Open Access Forest Resource: Policy Implications

Abstract

Policies for managing a forest subject to open access exploitation are discussed from the viewpoint of encouraging greater efficiency in the use of woodfuels. The usefulness ofmarket and non-market policy options for managingforest resources is shown to depend on whether fuelwood collection is the major cause of deforestation or not and, if so, whether fuelwood collection procedures have a market valuation.

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Wood fuel Forest resources Deforestation Biofuels

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