Data and information around activities that fill basic human needs yet drive deforestation – beyond woodfuel and cookstove use – remain limited, but individual case studies highlight the potential of alternatives in addressing deforestation and promoting sustainable development.
Despite declining financial support, the number of cookstoves and fuels distributed in developing countries nearly doubled between 2015 and 2016 reaching more than 84 million by the end of 2016. The impact of clean or efficient cookstoves on deforestation rates remains unclear because a significant number of cookstoves are also distributed in countries with net afforestation and lower rates of unsustainable woodfuel extraction, such as India and China.
The mitigation potential of woodfuel interventions is difficult to quantify and has been debated, with some arguing that woodfuel harvesting has less severe impacts on forests than initially expected.
The Forest Declaration Assessment and the Forest Declaration Platform have been supported over the years by the Climate and Land Use Alliance, the Good Energies Foundation, the Bezos Earth Fund, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) of Germany, and the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), which supported this initiative on the basis of a decision adopted by the German Bundestag.
This project is supported by the Climate and Land Use Alliance and the Good Energies Foundation. Research that contributed to this project is part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI). The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) supports this initiative on the basis of a decision adopted by the German Bundestag.
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