Is informal charcoal production necessarily unsustainable? A comparison of three oak management systems in the central Mexican Sierras.

Renewable Energy, Biomass & Sustainability Pub Date : 2022-07-07 DOI:10.56845/rebs.v2i1.18

Javier Guzmán-Sánchez, T. Mwampamba

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A steady increase in charcoal production as an energy source is expected (FAO, 2017). Its negative effects due to above-ground biomass removal (BSS) suggest favoring conservation (Lee and Lautenbach, 2016; Monárrez- González, et.al., 2018). However, sustainable forest management [SFM] allows considering charcoal as a renewable source of energy (Antinori and Rausser, 2010; Camou-Guerrero, et.al., 2014; Sist, et.al., 2014; Aguirre-Calderón, 2015; FAO, 2017; Ramírez, 2017). Mexican regulations focus SFM on functionality, industrialization and large scale (Antinori and Rausser, 2010; Deschamps and Madrid, 2018; Cravioto, 2019); informality is considered unsustainable due to irregular and poor management practices (Sist, et.al., 2014; Monárrez- González, et.al., 2018). We analyzed impacts of three oak management systems on tons of BSS: [1] conservation, [2] formal production, and [3] informal production; influenced by [1] advantageous (nursery), and [2] disadvantageous (drying shed) biophysical conditions. We focused on verifying the existence of differences in BSS and structure between systems and conditions. With such analysis, we reconsider the bias towards conserving and the dismissal of informality as unsustainable.

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非正式的木炭生产一定不可持续吗?墨西哥中部塞拉斯三种橡树管理系统的比较。

预计作为能源的木炭产量将稳步增长(粮农组织，2017年)。由于地上生物量去除(BSS)，其负面影响表明有利于保护(Lee和Lautenbach, 2016;Monárrez- González等。, 2018)。然而，可持续森林管理[SFM]允许将木炭视为可再生能源(Antinori和Rausser, 2010;Camou-Guerrero,出版社。, 2014;认定,出版社。, 2014;Aguirre-Calderon, 2015;粮农组织,2017;拉米雷斯,2017)。墨西哥法规将SFM重点放在功能性、工业化和大规模(Antinori和Rausser, 2010;德尚和马德里，2018;Cravioto, 2019);由于不规范和不良的管理做法，非正式被认为是不可持续的(Sist等)。, 2014;Monárrez- González等。, 2018)。我们分析了三种橡木管理制度对BSS吨数的影响:[1]保护、[2]正规生产和[3]非正规生产;受[1]有利(苗圃)和[2]不利(干棚)生物物理条件的影响。我们的重点是验证系统和条件之间的BSS和结构是否存在差异。有了这样的分析，我们重新考虑对保护和解雇非正式的不可持续的偏见。

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