Rampant and unsustainable logging in rural areas is worsening environmental hardship and degradation, leading to a cycle of droughts and floods. Ordinarily, rural homesteads have been cutting trees for firewood before the increase in demand for charcoal in urban areas. He said to deal with the problem of deforestation in rural areas, the problem of cooking energy must be addressed. He says trees besides logging for timber, trees are cut to feed the need for charcoal and firewood, because they are the major source of cooking fuel in rural areas. This would substitute the use of charcoal or firewood that causes cutting trees and using the wood for generating cooking energy.

Source: The Star May 01, 2018 20:37 UTC