Yemen: As Domestic Gas Price Rises, More Residents Chop Down Trees for Firewood

Amid high prices of gas cylinders, numerous residents were forced into resorting to firewood. Logging for firewood became rampant especially in Ibb governorate as the gas cylinder price in the black market has hit 20 dollars, which is unaffordable for many. Therefore, most bakeries are nowadays using wood fuel. Moreover, widespread logging has had a ripple effect on the ecosystem diversity as deforestation is destroying tens of thousands of trees