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Biomass fuel burning and its implications: Deforestation and greenhouse gases emissions in Pakistan

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1988

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Tahir, S. N. A., Rafique, M., and Alaamer, A. S., 1988, Biomass fuel burning and its implications: Deforestation and greenhouse gases emissions in Pakistan: Environmental Pollution, v. 158, iss. 7, p. 2490-2495.

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Pakistan is facing problem of deforestation. Pakistan lost 14.7% of its forest habitat between 1990 and 2005 interval. This paper assesses the present forest wood consumption rate by 6000 brick kilns established in the country and its implications in terms of deforestation and emission of greenhouse gases. Information regarding consumption of forest wood by the brick kilns was collected during a manual survey of 180 brick kiln units conducted in eighteen provincial divisions of country. Considering annual emission contributions of three primary GHGs i.e., CO2, CH4 and N2O, due to burning of forest wood in brick kiln units in Pakistan and using IPCC recommended GWP indices, the combined CO2-equivalent has been estimated to be 533019 [...]

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