Linking sustainable practices throughout Europe
Trust for Oxfordshire’s Environment
Rural topic(s): Sustainable forestry
City: Worton
Country: United Kingdom
Web site: http://www.oxonwoodfuel.org.uk
The Oxfordshire Woodfuel Programme aims to promote the production and sustainable use of woodfuel in Oxfordshire.
The key current activity is the “Logs for Labour” programme which matches up volunteers who are happy to help manage woodlands with woodland managers who could use the help and are happy to provide logs in return.
Scale of intervention : Local
Keywords: locally-based economy, woodland products, wood fuel, voluntary work, woodland management, firewood
Places: United-Kingdom
Actors: private sector, inhabitants, forest owner
Methods: training/capacity-building, voluntary work
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