Letter from the chair

Community showing a way their and to policymakers, advisors, and They the misconception woodfuel use always leads to environmental degradation and showed that together as cooperatives has their in wood harvesting and adopt kilns. Conference participants that local cooperatives have set up tree nurseries for native species and explored the use of invasive trees to Charcoal production is still one of the biggest (and most destructive) forest uses in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. A promising approach is to move from laissez-faire, open-access production systems to organized groups based on clear territorial control and responsibility. In a policy brief published in 2021, the FFF and CIFOR-ICRAF documented the advantages of forming charcoal groups, such as the Choma Charcoal Association in Zambia and the Kenya Charcoal Producer Association, which are leading efforts to put charcoal production on a sustainable footing and improve the livelihoods of members. international conferences and Africa 2021.