[Stoves] Fw: forest in Armenia

[adkarve]

the last part of the message was missing, which I have appended to the
original message.
A.D.Karve
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From: adkarve <adkarve at pn2.vsnl.net.in>
To: <Stoves at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 5:48 PM
Subject: [Stoves] forest in Armenia


> I read the message by Ken Goyer from Armenia. He writes that the forest
cover in Armenia has dwindled from 25% of the toal land area to 8%, and that
we must find an alternative for wood. In India, agricultural waste satisfies
almost 60% of the domestic cooking energy demand, and by charring and
briquetting dry leaves of sugarcane, stover of crops like mustard, leaf
litter from plantation crops, etc., even some of the energy demand of the
cities can be satisfied. Fallen tree leaves and conifer needles can be used
as fuel in the sawdust burning stove. Wood is a renewable resource. One can
plant new trees to replace those that have been felled. With fast growing
trees like poplar, Eucalyptus, etc. it takes only 5 years to have a forest
back on deforested land. If wood has become scarce, its price must have gone
up. A high price is always an incentive for private enterprise to flourish.
So why not encourage farmers to grow fuelwood trees in their land? I own a
small piece of land. In anticipation of getting good price for it, I am
planting some fast growing tree species in it. I plant them randomly mixed
up so that they do not form a monoculture.
> Yours truly,
> A.D.Karve
>
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