Uganda: Stoves Saving on Fuel to Save Forests

Carbon finance is putting new and efficient charcoal stoves into hundreds of thousands of kitchens in Uganda - reducing charcoal use and protecting forests as well as saving money for poor households.

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A woman cooks a meal for her grandchildren outside her home in Kasese, Uganda.

  • Uganda:  Stoves Saving On Fuel to Save Forests

    Inter Press Service, 16 May 2011

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  • Steve Klaber
    May 19 2011, 15:07
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    There are many new stove designs out over the last year. Some of them burn biomass briquettes, and produce charcoal as a byproduct. A great deal of good work has been being done here. Which model of stove is best is yet to be seen.