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

In theory, these resources are renewable but, with continued environmental degradation, regeneration is increasingly difficult to sustain. In many developing countries, over 90 per cent of domestic energy is supplied by wood and residues. FAO estimate that, by the year 2000, over 25.5 billion Third World people will be using fuelwood faster than it is being replenished. Wood will have ceased to be a renewable resource.