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TRADITIONAL BIO-FUELS:
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source: www.gnesd.org/Download
ables/Energy_Access_I/Synthesis_
Report_ver_30_April_2004.pdf


http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/
free/2000/weo2002.pdf


www.biodiversityhotspots.org

UNDP, World energy assessment, 2004,
www.undp.org/energy/weaover
2004.htm


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bio fuels/ strong consumers
The term ‘traditional bio-fuels’ is usually used to denote locally collected and unprocessed biomass-based fuels, such as crop residues, wood, and animal dung…

Developing countries: ‘traditional biomass’ use for cooking and heating (2000)
countrytotal population
million
%
Sub-Saharan Africa57589
Indonesia15574
India58558
China70656
Rest of South Asia12841
Rest of East Asia13737
Latin America9623
North Africa/Middle East80.05
Developing countries2,39052

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