Conservation of Forest, Based on a Fuelwood Substitute as Well as Considering the Cultural and Spiritual Values: An Optimal Fuelwood Harvest Model

Abstract Excessive fuelwood harvest is a major cause of deforestation in developing countries. To mitigate this, various preventive measures have been introduced different The availability affordable substitutes to the community dependent on forest for domestic energy consumption may prevent further degradation. A stock-dependent optimal control model from natural presented here and comparative statics has used show that presence substitute will reduce its increase stock. indicates cheaper high-energy content alternatives can substantially extraction forest. Also, lower discount rate higher cultural spiritual values (CSV) keep stock close carrying capacity harvest. reveals maximum sustainable yield ratio per unit mass fuel plays central role fate level An empirical example Southeast Asian Forest growth along with Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) as illustrate results. outcomes this study be incorporated into conservation policies.