Energy Use, Economy, and Carbon Emissions 3. Energy Statistics 4. Oil and Gas 5. Trade and Cooperation 7. Environment and Renewable Energy in Africa Appendix 7.
Biomass accounts for as much as two-thirds of total African final energy consumption.
Most of Africa's biomass energy use is in sub-Saharan Africa. Wood, including charcoal, is the most common and the most environmentally detrimental biomass energy source. Deforestation is now one of the most pressing environmental problems faced by most African nations, and one of the primary causes of deforestation is wood utilization for fuel. Many African nations have had over three quarters of their forest cover depleted. Of those 52, nearly all have ratified the Convention, which entered into force in 1997.