MozambiqueLiteracy class to train trainers who will be working on the project. Ninety percent of the population is illiterate in this region and basic literacy skills are needed for training purposes. - - Suppo...

MozambiqueLiteracy class to train trainers who will be working on the project. Ninety percent of the population is illiterate in this region and basic literacy skills are needed for training purposes. - - Suppo...

MozambiqueLiteracy class to train trainers who will be working on the project. Ninety percent of the population is illiterate in this region and basic literacy skills are needed for training purposes. - - Suppo...

CambodiaThis six-year old child lost both legs two years ago while accompanying his mother who was looking for firewood in the forest. He was injured by a small Chinese mine that was intended to kill poultry...

MoroccoSource of drinking water for the population of the old town of Taza. - - Management of Natural Resources in the Province of Taza: FAO/GCP/MOR/016/ITA. The stability and sustainability of the natural r...

MoroccoIrrigation reservoir. - - Management of Natural Resources in the Province of Taza: FAO/GCP/MOR/016/ITA. The stability and sustainability of the natural resources of Morocco (forests and rangelands) ar...

MoroccoRehabilitation of old water reservoir for irrigation of the area. - - Management of Natural Resources in the Province of Taza: FAO/GCP/MOR/016/ITA. The stability and sustainability of the natural reso...

CambodiaRice paddies and buffaloes in background. In foreground man carries a load of firewood on his bicycle. - - FAO/OSRO project.

BangladeshSundarbans mangrove forest, Bangladesh. Traditional rowing boat loaded with Goran firewood (Cervops decandra) from the Sundarbans mangrove forest on the Passur River. These boats are stabilized with...

EritreaPortrait of young boy carrying load of firewood. - -

UgandaTransport of firewood. - - General: General.

HondurasA young boy carrying fuelwood. - - Agroforestry Cooperative in El Paraiso Area: GCP/HON/019/NET. The objective of the project is the development of forestry and farming activities in the El Paraiso ar...

HondurasFarmer carrying heavy log that he will use for firewood. - - GCP/HON/494/NET. The Colonia Brisas del Lago is a farmers' community working in the cultivation of pineapples, yucca and forest activities....

NigerFirewood in southern Niger - -

United Republic of TanzaniaRural woman carrying a headload of firewood along a railway track. Firewood collection is left solely to women. The activity is time consuming and involves walking long distances. - - Women in Irrigat...

MALAWIWoman using a fuelwood-efficient, no-cost, mud stove for cooking. - - Smallholder Agricultural Productivity and Natural Resource Management: MLW/92/010. This project is financed by UNDP and executed b...

United Republic of TanzaniaCloseup of rural woman carrying a headload of firewood. Fuelwood collection is left entirely up to women. The activity is time consuming and involves walking long distances. - - The Women in Irrigated...

United Republic of TanzaniaFirewood collection is solely a woman's task. The activity is time-consuming and involves walking long distances. To reduce the labour involved in fuelwood collection, the project has trained women i...

MALAWIWoman using a fuelwood-efficient, no-cost, mud stove for cooking. - - Smallholder Agricultural Productivity and Natural Resource Management: MLW/92/010. This project is financed by UNDP and executed b...

United Republic of TanzaniaFirewood collection is solely a woman's task. The activity is time-consuming and involves walking long distances. To reduce the labour involved in fuelwood collection, the project has trained women i...

United Republic of TanzaniaFirewood collection is solely a woman's task. The activity is time-consuming and involves walking long distances. To reduce the labour involved in fuelwood collection, the project has trained women i...

United Republic of TanzaniaFirewood collection is solely a woman's task. The activity is time-consuming and involves walking long distances. To reduce the labour involved in fuelwood collection, the project has trained women in...

UgandaNeat stacks of firewood in a eucalyptus plantation. - -

PeruYoung peasant girl selling bundles of firewood in the market. - -

El SalvadorPeople carrying some firewood. - - Master Plan for Agricultural & Fishery Development: TCP/ELS/2353. This project executed by the Technical Cooperation Programme of the UN/Food an Agriculture Organiz...

RwandaChildren carrying firewood on their heads along road in Rwandan countryside. - - General: General. A US$18.4 million programme, coordinated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) provided R...

RwandaYoung woman carrying headload of firewood. - - Rwanda gets seed, tools after 1994 civil war. An US$18.4 million programme, coordinated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) provided Rwanda...

RwandaWorkers laying out tree branches which will be used for firewood. - - Osro Emergency Relief. Rwanda gets seed, tools after 1994 civil war. An US$18.4 million programme, coordinated by the UN Food and...

HondurasGroup of small boys carrying firewood. - - SIFES Forestry Project (Energy and Social Forestry System): TCP/HON/6652. The aim of this project is to promote development in different areas of the country...

MexicoWorker using net to fish prawn from waters of mangrove swamp. Mangrove trees are used for fuel and charcoal in may parts of the world. This important forestry resource also offers an excellent breedin...

Viet NamWorkers tending a large community mangrove forest south of Ho Chi Minh City. The wood produced in this 25,000 hectare forest is used for making charcoal for the stoves of Ho Chi Minh City. - - General...

BrazilNursery for fuelwood production: preparation of containers for eucalyptus seedlings. - - Forestry Action Programme for Rio Grande do Norte State.

BrazilTransport of wood by lorry. - - Forestry Action Programme for Rio Grande do Norte State: UNDP/FAO/BRA/87/007. The annual demand for fuelwood and charcoal in Rio Grande do Norte State, designed for ind...

BrazilFuelwood from the Coatinga. - - Forestry Action Programme for Rio Grande do Norte State: UNDP/FAO/BRA/87/007. The annual demand for fuelwood and charcoal in Rio Grande do Norte State, designed for ind...

SudanAn extensionist holding a meeting for village women in order to interest them in community forestry and to develop participation in tree planting activities. She is explaining how to fill in a questio...

PhilippinesA riverboat loaded with fuelwood for sale in village markets in Mindanao, the most southern of the Philippines' major islands. - - General: General. The Republic of the Philippines is made up of more...

SudanFarmer clearing irrigation canal on the River Nile. - - Fuelwood Development for Energey: GCP/SUD/033/NET. In Sudan 80% of the population relies on trees for the provision of its energy requirements....

PhilippinesA group of Filipino forestry officials look over a burnt-out section of prime tropical forests destroyed by nomadic slash-and-burn farmers in Suriago del Sur, province of Mindanao, the most southern o...

NepalRural women of west-central Nepal carrying loads of fuelwood from nearby forests to their mountain homes. - - FAO in Nepal. The land-locked Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal, with approximately 18 million in...

SudanKassala: women carrying loads of fuelwood. - - Fuelwood Development for Energy: GCP/SUD/033/NET. In Sudan, 80 percent of the population relies on trees for the provision of its energy requirements. Ru...

SudanHungry goats feeding on a solitary Acacia shrub. - - Fuelwood Development of Energy: GCP/SUD/033/NET. In Sudan 80% of the population relies on trees for the provision of its energy requirements. Rura...

SudanCamels are used to transport charcoal and fuelwood. - - Fuelwood Development for Energy: GCP/SUD/033/NET. In Sudan, 80 percent of the population relies on trees for the provision of its energy require...

Cabo VerdeMan preparing bundles of firewood in prosopis plantation - - Forestry Development/Reforestation, Santiago & Maio Islands <#FIELD NAME=PROJECT_NUMBER>GCP/CVI/015/BEL; phase 1984-1988. The obje...

PeruA worker plants "Q'enua" (Polylepis) in a community nursery. FAO is helping reforest Peru with this native source of fuel wood and rustic building material. - - Community Forestry and Reforestation. T...

SudanTrees in central Sudan have been cut or completely left denuded by refugees from a nearby camp in search of wood and fodder. - - Fuel Wood Development for Energy. People in the Sudan, especially in th...

SudanVillage women outside Khartoum collect wood for cooking and making charcoal from nearby forests. This is a daily chore, often done early in the morning towards dusk. - - Fuel Wood Development for Ener...

SudanAn extension forester uses a diagram to discuss the many uses of trees and the importance of planting them. Female foresters are a great asset in a country where women often cannot have direct contact...

HondurasIntegrated watershed management and forest land use. Firewood from a hillside cleared by the destructive slash-and-burn method. The firewood will soon be used, but the forest land will take many years...

TunisiaControlled grazing of sheep on a fenced parcel of land some 50 km west of Gabes. This demonstration will show the extent to which vegetation is degraded by grazing. The sheep are marked to indicate th...

TogoAdobe houses with thatched roofs in a small village. Note precious firewood in foreground. - - Rural Development in Togo. The UN/FAO World Food Programme (WFP) is assisting the Repub1ic of Togo with f...

ArmeniaFAO Project TCP/ARM/3202 (08/VI/ARM/212): Input supply to vulnerable populations under the Initiative on Soaring Food Prices. Project objectives: To maintain livelihoods and food security of the most...