Bioenergy

• Brazil has more than 25 percent of the world's above-ground woody biomass.
• About 56 percent of the world's woody biomass is in Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, United States of America and Canada, combined.
• Energy from biomass accounts for 15 percent of energy consumed worldwide and up to 90 percent in some developing countries.
  Source: FAO; Interactive Wood Energy Statistics; Wood Energy Programme, Forest Products and Economic Division; Rome 2004
• Wood energy accounts for 7 to 9 percent of energy consumed worldwide, and up to 80 percent in some developing countries (93 percent in Burundi, 93 percent in the Dominican Republic, 97 percent in Bhutan, 80 percent in Paraguay, 92 percent in Nepal).
  Source: FAO; Interactive Wood Energy Statistics; Wood Energy Programme, Forest Products and Economic Division; Rome 2004
• Woodfuels account for 60 percent of global forest product consumption.
  Source: FAO, FAOSTAT, Rome 2004
• More than 2 billion people are dependent on woodfuel for cooking, heating and food preservation; several million people are involved in the production, distribution and sale of fuelwood and charcoal.
  Source: UNDP, UNDESA and World Energy Council. 2000. World Energy Assessment, UNDP, New York.