Updated from the DGIB internal management system 'MIS'
May 1998
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DGIB MIS System
internal management system
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| Title : | Sustainable supply of fuelwood to for energy |
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| Description : | Land use, silvicultural practices and harvesting techniques will be evaluated for appropriateness in different climatic and soils zones, in order to maximise yields and enhance the economics of plantations.
12 plots of 3 ha will be established across the country.
A technical and economic study on the generation of heat and electricity will be undertaken.
Further studies will identify the routes and actions required for larger scale application of the results of the project taking into account the socio-economic, land-use, forestry and environmental issues involved. Sri Lanka will have enhanced institutional knowledge of fuelwood as a source of energy.
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| Objectives : | Establish the feasability, economics and utilisation of fuelwood grown in short-rotation coppice and longer-term plantation systems with a view to increasing sustainable supplies for both industrial and houshold users. |
| Justification : | The main thrust of the proposal is to provide a sustainable source of fuelwood for household, industrial and power generation needs. The successful implementation of the energy cropping/plantation schemes should reduce adverse pressures on the natural forests for fuelwood supply. The implementation of the results of this proposal should provide an indigenous energy source for Sri Lanka, a country which is heavily reliant on imported fuels.
The demonstration of a sustainable and commercially viable fuelwood plantation/electricity generation system is of paramount importance if the full potential of this environmentally beneficial and renewable source of energy supply is to be realised through replication in line with the Government of Sri Lanka policy.
Commitment to this project has already be demonstrated by Cabinet level approval and allocation of resources to develop strategies for economically robust fuelwood plantation and cropping systems.
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| Execution : | The project will be executed through a direct contract with the Natural Resources Institute (University of Greenwich). The Ministry of Science and Technology of Sri Lanka (MOST) is the in-country partner organisation, who have been fully involved in the preparation of the proposal.
The NRI will field a team of international experts to support the Sri Lankan team. The project will come under the overall direction of MOST. |
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Information in the TROPICS system is provisional only
Comments and suggestions to tropics@odi.org.uk |
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