BALIGROD, Poland (Reuters) - In a Polish mountain forest, Zygmunt Furdygiel spends four hours loading logs of beech wood into a large furnace, then lights up the pile and leaves the wood to burn.

GULU, Uganda — The charcoal makers in the forests of northern Uganda fled into the bush, temporarily abandoning their precious handiwork: multiple heaps of timber yet to be processed. The workers were ...

For years, Eburru Forest, home to the rare bongo antelope species, was known as ‘the smoking forest’, thanks to tens of charcoal burners who had taken over the troubled water tower. Everyday, scores ...