Charcoal production for urban energy consumption is a main driver of forest degradation in
sub Saharan Africa. Urban growth projections for the continent suggest that the relevance of …

Remote sensing assessments of land use and land cover change (LULCC) are critical to
improve understanding of socio-economic, institutional and ecological processes that lead …

The contribution of forest degradation to changes in forest carbon stocks remains poorly
quantified and constitutes a main source of uncertainty in the forest carbon budget. Charcoal …

Energy sovereignty refers to people's capacity to take decisions about energy planning. It
emphasises the role of energy services in everyday life. This refers both to the quality of …

Highlights•Dry woodlands are progressively degraded by three distinct, sequential charcoal
production waves.•Even extremely selective charcoal production systems cause …

Accurate land use and land cover (LULC) mapping is essential for scientific and decision-
making purposes. The objective of this paper was to map LULC classes in the northern …

Aboveground biomass (AGB) estimation plays a crucial role in forest management and
carbon emission reporting, especially for developing countries wishing to address REDD+ …

To overcome the negative impacts of unsustainable exploitation of forest resources, the
Mozambican government has been trying to regulate the supply and demand of biomass …

This paper proposes a new conceptual design tool for bioenergy systems, the 2MBio, and its
implementation on the case of wood fuel energy systems (WES) in South Mozambique …

Nexus analysis identifies and explores the synergies and trade-offs between energy, food
and water systems, considered as interdependent systems interacting with contextual …