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Indonesia, a country with largest rainforest in Asia, is engaging cooperation with Korea Forest Service to develop wood pellet as energy source from wood-processing industries. In 2007, Indonesia produced wood pellet about 40K tonnes each year, a tinny number from global wood pellet production, 10 million tonnes.

It seems Indonesia turns wood product industry into new direction, despite growing campaign on rainforest deforestation. Indonesia is experiencing a sunset era of wood product industry as the decline of its wood product exports.  Wood pellet might be potential product to raise Indonesia’s wood-based industry.

Here some interesting facts about wood pellet Europe and US:

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"Biofuels" by Wim Soetaert(ed)

There are ways of helping rural poor with energy-based projects, such energy efficient cooking stove to small scale bioenergy.

A joint study of FAO and DFiD shows, when produced on a small-scale in local communities, bioenergy can play a significant role in rural development in poor countries. The study refers to 15 bioenergy projects in Latin America, Africa and Asia involving 12 countries.

Most poor areas in rural area are depending on biomass for cooking and heating. About 80 percent of them sources from wood.

The study highlights possible benefits for rural poor:

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A recent publication of national newspaper Kompas shows a finding of energy efficient cooking stove. The stove has ability to burn a kilo of fuel wood remaining only a small of ashes. Supriyanto, the creator, called the stove as Kompor Jimat or energy saving stove.

The founder made the stove from used materials enabling rural people get it easier. He designs the stove so it works efficient while burning the fuel wood. Mass usage of the stove will decrease fuel wood consumption; therefore sustaining forest resources.

Why we should care on the development of energy efficient stove on the rural area?

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