In this study, the commercial woodfuel consumption at 119 markets within 30 km of the border of Lawachara National Park (LNP) in northeastern Bangladesh was examined. The study included interviews with a total of 587 commercial woodfuel consumers, representing restaurants, tea stalls, and food manufacturers. The way in which the market attributes (travel distance to LNP, elevation, degree of urbanisation, and population density) and consumer characteristics (use of alternative fuels and diversification in woodfuel sources) affected woodfuel consumption at the market and shop levels was evaluated. The annual woodfuel consumption was found to be greater in semi-urban areas than in rural areas, in terms of both total market and per-shop consumption, while it decreased with an increase in the travel distance to LNP. At the shop-level, alternative fuel use did not reduce woodfuel consumption, and shops that also used liquefied petroleum gas consumed more woodfuel. These woodfuel demands were met directly and indirectly (via sawmills) by natural forests, homestead trees, tea estates, and roadside plantations. Hence, the sustainable production of woodfuel from homestead forests and roadside plantations, rather than the adoption of affordable alternatives to traditional woodfuel, such as rice-husk briquettes, is important for meeting the sustainable development goals in rural Bangladesh.

在这项研究中，调查了孟加拉东北部Lawachara国家公园（LNP）边界30公里以内的119个市场的商业木材燃料消耗。该研究包括对总共587家商业木材燃料消费者的采访，这些消费者代表餐厅，茶摊和食品制造商。评估了市场属性（到LNP的行驶距离，海拔，城市化程度和人口密度）和消费者特征（替代燃料的使用以及木质燃料来源的多样化）如何影响市场和商店级别的木质燃料消耗的方式。从总市场和每商店的消费量来看，半城市地区的年度木燃料消耗量比农村地区要大，但随着到LNP的出行距离增加，其年度消耗量减少了。在商店一级，替代燃料的使用并没有减少木质燃料的消耗，也使用液化石油气的商店消耗了更多的木质燃料。天然林，宅基地，茶园和路边种植园直接或间接（通过锯木厂）满足了这些木材燃料的需求。因此，从家园森林和路边人工林可持续生产木质燃料，而不是采用诸如稻壳煤饼之类的传统木质燃料的可负担替代品，对于实现孟加拉国农村地区的可持续发展目标至关重要。