Sentences with phrase «fuelwood accounts»

Fuelwood accounts for 89 percent of Africa's wood harvest, where it is often the only accessible and affordable source of energy for heating and cooking, but only 17 percent in North and Central America, where other energy sources are more readily available.

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It is not possible to say whether the remaining Parties excluded estimates of fuelwood or biomass burning as the information available was not adequate and it is possible that national harvest statistics have taken them into account.

Developing countries account for almost 90 percent of the world's woodfuel (fuelwood and charcoal) consumption and wood is still the primary source of energy for cooking and heating in developing countries (Broadhead, Bahdon and Whiteman, 2001).