caa a22 4500 445806842 CHVBK 20180317145159.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10745-011-9417-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10745-011-9417-8 Challenging the Woodfuel Crisis in West African Woodlands [Elektronische Daten] [Sofie Hansfort, Ole Mertz] Fear of an upcoming woodfuel crisis caused by increasing woodfuel consumption in Bamako has had great influence on forestry policies aiming to reduce the impacts of urban woodfuel consumption. During the last 20years, energy gap analyses—the relationship between supply and demand of woodfuels—have been produced by the government of Mali to prove the impacts of woodfuel consumption in Bamako on surrounding woodlands. This study evaluates the methodology and data used to describe this woodfuel crisis through a comparison with regional and historical data. The results of the energy gap analyses are challenged by using different estimates of woody resource availability and woodfuel consumption to create best and worst case scenarios. These show either high surpluses or high deficits with a difference of 2.7 million tons/yr. The woodfuel system of Bamako is highly dynamic and it is very difficult to evaluate its sustainability using a simple methodology such as the energy gap analysis. Trends over the last 20years show a highly efficient woodfuel system that has adapted to changing circumstances, ensuring a continued affordable woodfuel supply for the urban residents. Better data on the productivity of West African woodlands and urban consumption are needed to avoid misinterpretations of the impacts of woodfuel harvesting on woody resources. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Woodfuel nationallicence Sustainability nationallicence Energy gap analysis nationallicence Forest management nationallicence Natural resources nationallicence Urban energy nationallicence Bamako nationallicence Mali nationallicence West Africa nationallicence Hansfort Sofie Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350, Copenhagen K, Denmark aut Mertz Ole Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350, Copenhagen K, Denmark aut Human Ecology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 39/5(2011-10-01), 583-595 0300-7839 39:5<583 2011 39 10745 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-011-9417-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-011-9417-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hansfort Sofie Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350, Copenhagen K, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mertz Ole Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350, Copenhagen K, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Human Ecology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 39/5(2011-10-01), 583-595 0300-7839 39:5<583 2011 39 10745 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer