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- Title
FUELWOOD, DEFORESTATION, AND LAND DEGRADATION: 10 YEARS OF EVIDENCE FROM CEBU PROVINCE, THE PHILIPPINES.
- Authors
BENSEL, TERRENCE
- Abstract
The article presents information on a study which examined the connections between commercial woodfuel demand and deforestation on the Island of Cebu in the central Philippines. It notes that the Island of Cebu is widely perceived as an environmental disaster area on the brink of ecological collapse, and tree cutting for woodfuel production is often blamed for contributing to this condition. It argues that environmental conditions in the island are improving, that tree planting and management is widespread among smallholder farmers and other landowners, and that commercial demand for woodfuel and other wood products is one of the main factors driving increased reforestation on the island.
- Subjects
CEBU Island (Philippines); PHILIPPINES; FUELWOOD; WOOD products; REFORESTATION; ECONOMIC demand; TREE planting; ENVIRONMENTAL disasters
- Publication
Land Degradation & Development, 2008, Vol 19, Issue 6, p587
- ISSN
1085-3278
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ldr.862