Biomass Energy Use in Kenya

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Abstract: This report was funded by the Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation Programme of the UK Government Department for International Development (DFID), the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Additional IIED frame funds were used from the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), the UK Government?s Department for International Development (DFID), the Directorate General for International Cooperation, the Netherlands (DGIS), Irish Aid, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA). The views expressed in this report do not necessarily represent those of the supporting institutions involved. This report was prepared as one of five background reports for an international workshop on 19-21 October 2010 on biomass energy at the Parliament House Hotel, Edinburgh. The workshop was part of a UK ESPA programme Partnership and Project Development (PPD) Grant to build a consortium around a project on ?Biomass energy ? Optimising its contribution to poverty reduction and ecosystem services?. The authors are grateful for the active discussion of the draft ideas by participants of that meeting.