Deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions associated with fuelwood consumption of the brick making industry in Sudan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 847-852

  Alam, Syed Ashraful ^a   Starr, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomass fuels; Brick making industry; Deforestation; Fuelwood consumption; Greenhouse gas emissions; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BRICK; BRICKMAKING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLAY MINERALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; FORESTRY; GASES; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; HARVESTING; LEAKAGE (FLUID); RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

BIOMASS FUELS; FIRED CLAY BRICKS; FUELWOOD CONSUMPTION; GHG EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIALS; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LAND DEGRADATIONS; SMALL TREES; SUDANESE; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTS; TIME HORIZONS; WOOD BIOMASSES; WOOD DENSITIES;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; FUELWOOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; HARVESTING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LAND DEGRADATION; PHYTOMASS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CLAY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUELWOOD; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUDAN; WOOD;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRY; NITROGEN OXIDES; SUDAN; WOOD;

BIOMASS; BRICK; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLAY; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; EMISSION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FUELS; GAS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HARVESTING; LEAKAGE; METEOROLOGY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; GEZIRA; KASSALA; KHARTOUM [KHARTOUM (STT)]; KHARTOUM [SUDAN]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 56949093035     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.09.040     Document Type: Article

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