Reducing Environmental Damage Caused by the Collection of Cooking Fuel by Refugees

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ID11404696
AuthorsMaureen Lynch (Refugee Council, corresponding author)
Year2002
Pages18-27
Publication date2002-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRefuge Canada s Journal on Refuge (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0229-5113 • E-ISSN: 1920-7336
PublisherYork University Libraries (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.25071/1920-7336.21280
OpenAlexW1598209235
LanguageEN
Citations received2

I The collection of fuelwood by large numbers of internally displaced people and refugees for the purpose of providing energy for food preparation and cooking can cause environmental devastation and adversely affect the socio-economic balance with local populations. There is no simple solution. Reducing environmental impact, and thus easing societal tensions, requires addressing a complex set of issues including supply of and demand for natural resources, aid agency operations, willingness to utilize refugee knowledge and experience, the effects of forced displacement, poverty, and lack of land. The key to establishing sustainable solutions, whether fuel or non-fuel alternatives, requires being able to identify and understand the interaction between human needs and behaviour and the local environment. This paper explores the scope of the problem and offers case examples, describes efforts taken and alternatives available, presents outcomes of evaluations that have been performed, and outlines lessons learned to be used in future crises.abstract

Agency (philosophy · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Natural disaster · Natural resource · Natural resource economics · Political science · Poverty · Refugee · Scope (computer science · Sociology · Computer Science · Energy and Environment Impacts

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