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Consumption rates of major forest products such as timber and
firewood, place significant strain on wood stock and forest area in
Pakistan. With the country's rising population, the consumption of these
two major products is increasing because of the growing energy demand,
and no alternative products are likely to replace wood consumption in
the near future. We apply system dynamics modelling to an analysis of
the forestry sector in Pakistan for novel insights into the drivers and
future trajectories of wood consumption. The present research is based
on time series macroeconomic data from 1990-2010 and projections to 2040
of wood supply, forest area, population growth, wood extraction, wood
imports and different uses of wood in the country. The study reveals
that there is no significant increase in area under forest, while
consumption of firewood and timber has increased. The consumption of
firewood is greater than timber consumption in Pakistan, both in
percentage share and in total volume of wood consumption. The
sustainable supply of wood is less than wood consumption, and with
population growth this gap is increasing; wood supply from agricultural
lands is a viable option to fill the gap. Keywords: Wood Consumption,
Sustainable Wood Supply, Projected Wood Shortage

Moving toward a sustainable global society requires substantial change in both social and technological systems. This sustainability is dependent not only on addressing the environmental impacts of current social and technological systems, but also on addressing the social, economic and political harms that continue to be perpetuated through systematic forms of oppression and the exclusion of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities. To adequately identify and address these harms, we argue that scientists, practitioners, and communities need a transdis-ciplinary framework that integrates multiple types of knowledge, in particular, Indigenous and experiential knowledge. Indigenous knowledge systems embrace relationality and reciprocity rather than extraction and oppression, and experiential knowledge grounds transition priorities in lived experiences rather than expert assessments. Here, we demonstrate how an Indigenous, experiential, and community-based participatory framework for understanding and advancing socio-technolog-ical system transitions can facilitate the co-design and co-development of community-owned energy systems.

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