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Woodfuel Flow Study of Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Year of publication 1998

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 69

Category Technical study

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This report presents the results of a six-month inter-ministerial study of woodfuel flows into Phnom Penh. The study highlights the importance of wood energy in government policy formulation and provides an overview of the urban market structure and the main supply areas. Woodfuels are the most commonly used energy sources for the majority of the population in Cambodia. In Phnom Penh, the country's economic centre, 84% of households rely on firewood and charcoal as their main energy sources for cooking. The woodfuel flow system is unregulated, informal and complex, and the urban traders provide an important link between suppliers and consumers, both within Phnom Penh and in the surrounding forest-poor provinces.

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