Fuel and LPG Shortage Leads for Excessive Logging

Yemen is facing a huge crisis in fuel availability, including the domestic LPG; therefore, many locals were pushed to use firewood, represented in a random cutting for trees, which threatens the ground cover of vegetation in Yemen. “Approximately 886,000 trees are cut down annually in Yemen to operate bakeries and restaurants in Sana’a only.” according to Yemeni Environmental Protection Authority. The use of firewood in many domestic and professional purposes has led to a noticeable increase in its prices, and because citizens are logging in their private lands, this has led to an increase in this phenomenon.