Sentences with phrase «trees for firewood»

I saved maybe 5 % of the mass of the trees for firewood and fence posts, left a few isolated oaks standing apart far enough apart so there was no continous canopy for a fire to spread, but the rest went up in smoke and this has been common practice since forever.

Many inhabitants within the project regions are forced to cut down trees for firewood or to clear forest areas for agricultural land.

Many villagers cut down trees for firewood, destabilizing the country's ecosystem.

Maybe we need to give the Africans something else to burn, so that they stop cutting down trees for firewood...

Everytime I cut trees for firewood I'm amazed at what I find.

By fuel plants I mean trees for firewood.

One chilly fall day in 2001 my brother and I were chain - sawing fallen trees for firewood when the saw kicked on a knot and shot out of my brother's hands and into his groin.

Whether it is the sprawl of deserts or the loss of tropical forests as the world's poor cut trees for firewood and clear land for agriculture, or the ineluctable warming of the planet as vehicles and factories deposit millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, «economic pressures lie behind them all» (Tolba 1991, p. 10).

Again, with like sarcasm, he ridicules the entire faith and vogue of idols: one cuts a tree for firewood, using it for heating and for cooking; but still a sizable piece remains, until as an afterthought it is given to a craftsman who, with a deal of labor, shapes it into a pretense of human form — and then men bow down to it and say, «Deliver me, for thou art my god!»

I use most of the tree for firewood to heat the house or boil sap and then we either chip what's left to use in the gardens and around the fruit trees or we burn it to help the soil along.

How to fell a tree for firewood.

Not exact matches

One day in 1970, so the story goes, the women of the village spontaneously began to hug the local trees, their precious source of firewood, stopping New Delhi corporations from logging the forests for foreign export.

Further, larger Inga tree branches can be used for firewood — an aspect that tackles another important issue linked to deforestation.

We are fortunate when we can protect a tree that has been provided by nature, but to make the extra effort of applying human labour to plant trees and subsequently hack them down for firewood, is a reflection of the thoughtlessness of both the contractor, political authority, and the littlemindedness of those who could not protect the shady trees.

In rural areas, encourage the planting of trees and then pruning them to use the branches for firewood.

To do so, they must gather extra firewood (more than that they would need just for cooking), which spurs both bigger the cutting down of trees as well as times when such critical safety practices have to be skipped due to a lack of resources.

Part of the problem is visible around refugee camps in this West Darfur city or particularly around the Kalma camp near Nyala in South Darfur, where a forest of baobab, acacia, palm and other trees has been largely decimated by the displaced, who scrounge for firewood or logs to sell.

Through creating their own tree nurseries — at least 6,000 throughout Kenya — and planting trees, women began to control the supply of their own firewood, an enormous power shift that also freed up time for other pursuits.

And with these trees we now have fodder for our cows and firewood.

LOBET: The young trees go to members» homes, for future firewood or shade.

The people of Gitito had been planting trees for shade, firewood, an income for a while, when they decided to address another problem.

A 30 - year study revealed that the American beech, a large tree often used for firewood, is dominating the woodlands.

Such life changing benefits are in addition to reducing the number of trees cut down for firewood.

Hmmm... perhaps the trees cut down for firewood at the Almagre «DeadCar» site could be useful here.

In 1775, a group of Loyalists chopped down the old tree and used it for firewood.

And heating a home can be challenging and expensive without trees to cut for firewood.

«It hurts when I see farmers pulling down a tree [for firewood] that could help their crops.

Coffee production is a major cause of rainforest destruction, as trees are cut down to accommodate sun - grown trees and to provide firewood for drying ovens.

My solution — plant more trees in this area, and stop the locals cutting them down for firewood by giving them something else to burn...

When these trees mature they will begin to be sustainably harvested for firewood.