Sustainable woodfuel management in East and Southern Africa

This chapter provides a comprehensive compendium of woodfuel (comprising charcoal and fuelwood/ firewood) in East and Southern Africa, describing trends, options and practices for sustainable management and incentive mechanisms. It shares examples of ‘what works’, including practices of improved communitybased forest management, woodlots, agroforestry and assisted natural regeneration methods with potential for sustainable wood production for energy. It looks at key components for success such as community involvement, secure land and forest tenure, transfer of capacity and ownership, and engagement of various stakeholders. It also reviews how incentive mechanisms for replication and upscaling can come from climate financing, private sector restoration obligations, and well-integrated national government policies that consider the inextricable links between rural development and household energy portfolios. Throughout the region, a change in thinking is needed to place woodfuel higher on the reforestation, climate change, energy and sustainable development agendas to enhance the potential of sustainable woodfuel practices and incentive mechanisms.

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