The results of an enquiry about the firewood consumption of people living at Khangninh commune within buffer zone of Babe National Park
2004
Le Thu Hien | Vo Dai Hai
The paper summarized the results of an enquiry concerning the firewood consumption of the people living in buffer zone of Babe National Park. The enquiry were made in the years 2002 - 2003 with financial assistance of International Foundation for Science. Khangninh is a commune where the most part of the people living in is from Dzao ethnic minority. Harvesting firewood was one of the reasons for deforestation in this region. This inquiry is aiming to establish scientific base for the solutions to forest resource conservation. The inquiry results showed that 83.1 percent of firewood are collected in natural forest, including big sized timber with diameter over 20 cm (2.8 percent), small sized timber with diameter 7-20 cm (27 percent), shrub (53.3 percent). The remained part of firewood come from home garden including twig (16.9 percent) and agricultural residues. The firewood is mainly used for food cooking: 27.2 percent, husbandry: 30.2 percent, alcohol distillery: 23.4 percent, heating: 17.6 percent, for sale: 1.7 percent of total consumed firewood. The need for energy is varied depending upon living conditions: The firewood consumption per capita of the dwellers in high mountain: 5.2 kg/day but in the low area it is reduced to 3.5 kg/day.
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