Fuelwood consumption, restrictions about resource availability and public policies: impacts on the French forest sector

Sylvain Caurla, Philippe Delacote, Franck Lecocq () and Ahmed Barkaoui ()

No 2009-03, Working Papers - Cahiers du LEF from Laboratoire d'Economie Forestiere, AgroParisTech-INRA

Abstract: In the context of climate change and of increasing energy prices, the share of fuelwood in primary energy consumption may increase, especially in countries with large forest endowments. However, larger fuelwood consumption may have non-negligible impacts on forest sectors. This paper assesses those impacts for France using a new model of the French forest sector, and comparing four different policy options to boost fuelwood demand. First, supply- and demand-side policies yield very different outcomes, with a trade-off between trade balance and harvest intensity. Second, even a modest increase in fuelwood consumption leads to tensions over forest stock over time under pessimistic views about resource availability.

Keywords: forest sector modeling; fuelwood; bioenergy; public incentives. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q23 Q28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2009-08
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