Forest degradation impacts firewood consumption patterns: A case study in the buffer zone of Inlay Lake Biosphere Reserve, Myanmar

Kyaw, Khin Thu Wint; Ota, Tetsuji; Mizoue, Nobuya

doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01340

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“…There is evidence that the use of polluting fuels and conversion technologies has a negative impact on the environment (Kyaw et al, 2020;Cimini and Moresi, 2022). This necessitates transitioning toward pro-environmental devices and practices.…”

Section: Transition Toward Pro-environmental Devices and Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender role differentiation in household fuel transition decision-making: Implications for education and training in Uganda

Elasu

Ntayi²,

Adaramola³

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain.

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IntroductionThe role of gender and gender role differentiation has been of long standing interest and has remained a concern regarding the access and use of energy fuels for cooking in households. Although there seems to be a thin line between gender. However, studies on gender role differentiation in household fuel transition have framed gender as the biological construction of male and female rather than social roles.MethodsThis study used A multinomial probit regression model (MNP) to analyze the effect of gender role differentiation on household transition decisions from high to low-polluting fuels and their implications on education and training in Uganda. The study used the National Household Survey data collected by Uganda Bureau of Statistics.Findings and discussionThe findings revealed that the gender role differentiation significantly affected household fuel transition decisions. The study concludes by highlighting the implications of such gender role differentiation on education and training in Uganda.

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Section: Transition Toward Pro-environmental Devices and Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender role differentiation in household fuel transition decision-making: Implications for education and training in Uganda

Elasu

Ntayi²,

Adaramola³

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain.

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“…The resources collected from CFs vary depending on the region. Community forestry user groups (CFUGs) often collect firewood from CFs (e.g., [8]). In addition, seasonal crops, fodder, fuelwood, and thetke (Cylindrical imperator) are the main forest products of plantation-type CFs in the dry zone [63].…”

Section: Forest Dependencymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is thus a pressing need to mitigate deforestation in tropical regions. Although there are several approaches for mitigating deforestation, approaches that are compatible with the needs of local communities are essential given that many people living in and around the world's tropical forests depend on forest resources for cooking and heating [8,9], hunting [10], and income [11][12][13].…”

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Geographical Factors Trump Community Factors in Deforestation Risk in Two Watershed Conservation Forests in Myanmar

Kyaw

Ota

Mizoue

2021

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Community forestry, which is how local communities are involved in forest conservation and utilization activities, is an important forestry program in developing tropical countries. We evaluated the importance of geographical factors and community characteristics in the deforestation of community forests between 2000 and 2019 in the buffer zone of Inlay Lake Biosphere Reserve, Myanmar, using a mixed-effects logistic regression model. Distance to the nearest village, slope, and distance to the community forestry boundary were the most important variables explaining deforestation in community forests. Forests closer to human settlements and with gentle slopes faced higher risks of deforestation, presumably because such forests are more accessible. In addition, forests located far from the boundaries of community forests were more vulnerable to deforestation. Community characteristics were less important compared with geographical factors. Leadership was the most important variable among community characteristics, although not statistically significant. We conclude that deforestation depends more on forest accessibility. This indicates that the locations at which new community forests are established should receive increased consideration.

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“…The influencing factors of human capital are multifaceted and there are many scholars who have pointed to the negative impact of fuelwood consumption on human capital from the perspective of energy utilization. Kyaw et al [ 21 ] and Adjei-Mantey et al [ 22 ] pointed out that excessive fuelwood consumption not only leads to forest destruction and biodiversity loss, increases ecological degradation and natural disasters, but also reduces the food security of farmers’ households, increases air pollution, which brings a greater threat to the lives and health of peasants. At the same time, fuelwood consumption takes up a lot of peasants’ time.…”

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Poverty Alleviation Relocation, Fuelwood Consumption and Gender Differences in Human Capital Improvement

Zhu

Shibasaki

Guan

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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The aim of poverty alleviation relocation is to break the vicious cycle of poverty and ecological degradation. The improvement of human capital, specifically women’s human capital, is important to realize the poverty alleviation and sustainable development of relocated peasant households. Based on the survey data of 902 peasant households in southern Shaanxi in 2020, using the PSM model and the mediation effect test model, this paper explores the impact of participation in relocation on human capital from the perspective of gender differences, and the mediation effect of fuelwood consumption in the effect of participation in relocation on the human capital of peasants with different genders. The results show that firstly, in general, participation in relocation effectively improves the human capital of peasants. Secondly, there are gender differences in the improvement of the human capital of relocated peasants. Compared with male peasants, the health level of female peasants is significantly improved. Finally, fuelwood consumption plays an important mediation role in the impact of participation in relocation on human capital and the mediation role is more significant in improving the human capital of relocated female peasants.

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Forest degradation impacts firewood consumption patterns: A case study in the buffer zone of Inlay Lake Biosphere Reserve, Myanmar

Cited by 17 publications

References 27 publications

Gender role differentiation in household fuel transition decision-making: Implications for education and training in Uganda

Gender role differentiation in household fuel transition decision-making: Implications for education and training in Uganda

Geographical Factors Trump Community Factors in Deforestation Risk in Two Watershed Conservation Forests in Myanmar

Poverty Alleviation Relocation, Fuelwood Consumption and Gender Differences in Human Capital Improvement

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