Defining firewood quality: A comparison of quantitative and rapid appraisal techniques to evaluate firewood species from a Southern African Savanna

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 429-437

  Abbot, P ^a   Lowore, J ^b   Khofi, C ^b   Werren, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Indigenous firewood properties; Malawi; Miombo; Pair wise ranking

Indexed keywords

DRYING; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); WOOD;

ASH CONTENT; FIREWOOD;

WOOD FUELS;

FUELWOOD QUALITY; TREE SPECIES EVALUATION; WOODFUEL;

MALAWI;

EID: 0030733072     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(96)00084-0     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. 1. Energy Studies Unit, Malawi Rural Energy Survey Ministry of Energy and Mining (formerly Forestry and Natural Resources), Lilongwe, 1981.
2. 2. Campbell, B. and duToit, R., Relationships between wood resources and use of species for construction and fuel in the communal lands of Zimbabwe. Mono. Systematic Bot. Missouri Botanical Gardens. 1988, 25, 331-341.
3. 3. Grundy, I., Campbell, B., Balebereho, S., Cunliffe, R., Tafangenyasha, C., Fergusson, R. and Parry, D., Availability and use of trees in Mutanda Resettlement Area Zimbabwe. Forest Ecology and Management, 1993, 56, 243-266.
4. 4. G. Chapola and M. Ngulube, Basic density of some hardwood species grown in Malawi. FRIM Report Series No. 89004, Forestry Research Institute of Malawi, Zomba, 1989, 10 pp.
5. 5. B. Goldsmith and D. Carter, The indigenous timbers of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Bulletin of Forestry Research, No. 9. Zimbabwe Forestry Commission, Harare, 1981, 406 pp.
6. 6. K. Groves, and A. Chivuya, Fuelwood evaluation of four Australian grown tree species. In Trees for the Tropics: Growing Australian Multipurpose Trees and Shrubs in Developing Countries. ACIAR Monograph, No. 10, pp 159-169, 1989.
7. 7. W. Gardner, Fuelwood evaluation using a simple crib test. In Trees for the Tropics. Growing Australian Multipurpose Trees and Shrubs in Developing Countries. ACIAR Monograph, No. 10, pp 171-176, 1989.
8. 8. Tietema, T., Ditlhogo, M., Tibone, C., and Mathalaza, N., Characteristics of eight firewood species of Botswana. Biomoss and Bioenergy, 1991, 1, 41-46.
9. 9. D. Gough, R. Bell, P. Ryan and C. Bragg, Drying and burning properties of the wood of some Australian tree species. In Trees for the Tropics: Growing Australian Multipurpose Trees and Shrubs in Developing Countries. ACIAR Monograph, No. 10, pp 177-184, 1989.
10. 10. J. McGregor, Woodland resources: ecology, policy and ideology - An historical case study of woodland use in Shurugwi Communal Area, Zimbabwe. Unpublished PhD thesis. Loughborough University of Technology, 1992.
11. 11. J. Lowore, C. Coote, P. Abbot, G. Chapola and L. Malembo, Community use and management of indigenous trees and forest products in Malawi: The case of four villages close to Chimaliro Forest Reserve. FRIM Report Series No. 93008. Forestry Research Institute of Malawi, Zomba, 1993.
12. 12. Energy Studies Unit, Firewood use survey of lower Shire Valley. Ministry of Energy and Mining (formerly Forestry and Natural Resources), Lilongwe, 1993.
13. 13. Energy Studies Unit, Malawi urban energy survey. Ministry of Energy and Mining (formerly Forestry and Natural Resources), Lilongwe, 1984.
14. 14. P. Abbot and J. Lowore, Properties and management potential of some indigenous firewood species in Malawi. Paper presented at the 2nd Crop Sci. Conf. for Eastern and Southern Africa, February 1995, Blantyre, Malawi, 1995.
15. 15. Soussan, J., Mercer, D. and O'Keefe, P., Fuelwood policies for the 1990s. Energy Policy, 1992, 20, 137-144.
16. 16. M. Leach, Responding to fuelwood scarcity: outside intervention and the household view of two Maasai villages in Tanzania. Unpublished MA thesis, Newham College, Cambridge, 1985.
17. 17. P. Abbot, Supply and demand dynamics of a Miombo woodland: a household perspective. PhD thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1997.
18. 18. Shackleton, C. M., Fuelwood harvesting and sustainable utilisation in a communal grazing land and protected area of the eastern Transvaal lowveld. Biological Conservation, 1993, 63, 247-254.
19. 19. H. Coote, J. Luhanga and J. Lowore, Community use and management of indigenous forests in Malawi: the case of Chemba Village Forest Area. FRIM Report Series No. 93006. Forestry Research Institute of Malawi, Zomba, 1993.
20. 20. K. Kumar, Conducting key informant interviews in developing countries. A.I.D. program design and evaluation methodology report No. 13, USAID, Washington, DC, 1989.
21. 21. A. Inglis, Harvesting local forestry knowledge: A field test and appraisal techniques of rapid rural appraisal techniques for social forestry project analysis. Unpublished MSc thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1990.
22. 22. R. Chambers, How to do matrix ranking or scoring. Unpublished mimeo, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, 1990, 2 pp.
23. 23. Eberhard, A., Fuelwood calorific values in South Africa. South African Forestry J., 1990, 152, 17-22.
24. 24. A. Harker, A. Sandels and J. Burley, Calorific Values for Wood and Bark and a Bibliography for Fuelwood. Report No. G162, Tropical Products Institute, London, 1982, 20 pp.
25. 25. Davis, M. and Eberhard, A., Combustion characteristics of fuelwoods. South African Forestry J., 1991, 158, 17-22.
26. 26. Bhatt, B. and Badoni, A., Characteristics of some mountain shrubs and trees. Energy, 1990, 15, 1069-1070.
27. 27. Bhatt, B. and Todaria, N., Fuelwood characteristics of some mountain trees and shrubs. Biomass, 1990, 21, 233-238.
28. 28. Jain, R., Fuel characteristics of some tropical trees of India. Biomass and Bioenergy, 1993, 4, 454-461.
29. 29. J. Abbot, Woody Biomass Collection and use Patterns within Lake Malawi National Park. Research Report of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife. Lilongwe, 1984, 33 pp.
30. 30. Lyons, G., Lunny, F. and Pollock, H., A procedure for estimating the value of forest fuels. Biomass, 1985, 8, 283-300.