Abstract Angola has been labelled a “petro-state”, since independence, due to its oil-wealth and the country's economic dependence on its revenues. Considering that oil availability and price could be a factor reducing deforestation and forest degradation through accelerating energy-transition, our objective was to study the energy consumption patterns and the role of woody biomass as a source of income of rural villagers and urban poor dwellers practicing agriculture, living in one of the oil-rich provinces. We used a “people and pixels” approach, combining interviews with households' heads with remote sensing analysis of land use/cover change. Our findings revealed that while kerosene is the main energy source for cooking and lighting in the city, in rural areas it is firewood and flashlights, respectively, and that the selling of firewood and/or charcoal is practiced by few households. Contrary to what has been reported about other Angolan regions and African countries, satellite imagery analysis showed that deforestation around Zaire province capital city and surrounding rural villages is comparatively small. Bearing in mind that the consumption of biomass for domestic household needs is reduced, other drivers of deforestation/forest degradation must be considered. Nonetheless, the high domestic use of kerosene contributes to the exhaustion of its limited global supplies and to increasing greenhouse gas emissions, disregarding the country's potential to produce renewable energy.

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安哥拉北部扎伊尔省城乡家庭能源消耗和森林砍伐模式：景观方法

摘要 安哥拉自独立以来一直被贴上“石油国家”的标签，因为它拥有丰富的石油资源，而且该国的经济依赖其收入。考虑到石油供应和价格可能是通过加速能源转型减少森林砍伐和森林退化的一个因素，我们的目标是研究能源消费模式和木质生物质作为农村村民和城市贫困居民农业收入来源的作用，居住在石油资源丰富的省份之一。我们使用了“人和像素”的方法，将与户主的访谈与土地利用/覆盖变化的遥感分析相结合。我们的研究结果表明，虽然煤油是城市烹饪和照明的主要能源，但在农村地区分别是木柴和手电筒，并且很少有家庭从事木柴和/或木炭的销售。与其他安哥拉地区和非洲国家的报道相反，卫星图像分析显示，扎伊尔省首府城市和周边乡村的森林砍伐相对较小。考虑到满足家庭需求的生物质消耗量减少，必须考虑毁林/森林退化的其他驱动因素。尽管如此，国内煤油的大量使用导致其有限的全球供应枯竭并增加温室气体排放，无视该国生产可再生能源的潜力。卫星图像分析表明，扎伊尔省首府城市周围和周边乡村的森林砍伐相对较小。考虑到满足家庭需求的生物质消耗量减少，必须考虑毁林/森林退化的其他驱动因素。尽管如此，国内煤油的大量使用导致其有限的全球供应枯竭并增加温室气体排放，无视该国生产可再生能源的潜力。卫星图像分析表明，扎伊尔省首府城市周围和周边乡村的森林砍伐相对较小。考虑到满足家庭需求的生物质消耗量减少，必须考虑毁林/森林退化的其他驱动因素。尽管如此，国内煤油的大量使用导致其有限的全球供应枯竭并增加温室气体排放，无视该国生产可再生能源的潜力。