Global Increase in the Consumption of Lignocellulosic Biomass as Energy Source: Necessity for Sustained Optimisation of Agroforestry Technologies

Table 1

Estimated future world demand for wood fuel up to the year 2040.

Projected year	2010	2020	2030	2040
Fuelwood total (10^9 m^3)	1.9	1.7	1.8	1.9
Domestic and commercial	1.9	1.5	1.5	1.4
Industrial bioenergy	0	0.2	0.3	0.5

Source: ITTO [23].