Throughout history wood has been burnt as a fuel. Nowadays there are concerns that excessive wood burning has a negative effect on the environment – both because it depletes rainforests and because it contributes to global levels of carbon dioxide.
However, wood is one of the Earth’s resources that can still be used responsibly. By sustaining forests that are used for harvesting wood for fuel, we can help to maintain habitats and reduce soil erosion and nutritional depletion.
Sustainable plantations also maintain the balance of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as a tree that is planted will absorb as much carbon dioxide as will be released when another is burnt as fuel.