BIOMASS ENERGY IN THE THIRD WORLD | By Phil O’Keefe, John Soussan and Donna Pankhurst | Part 1

Even in Zimbabwe, the most developed of independent, sub-Saharan economies, over 45 per cent of national energy consumption is biomass-based. In these areas, people cut trees because they must find fuel. Simple programmes of reforestation would not work even if money was available to support such efforts. In analyzing the problem, in more detail, one can begin to outline a strategy for energy development in the poorer Third World countries.