Ecological stoves reduce deforestation in Colombian farms by substantially saving firewood usage. They improve air quality by eliminating indoor smoke and help maintain healthy families. The stoves reduce environmental damage through decreased local deforestation and reduce firewood consumption compared to traditional stoves through efficient heat transfer and retention. They also decrease respiratory issues for women and children by channeling smoke outside. The stoves provide more comfort during cooking and reduce cooking times.

1. Ecological Stoves
By Constructing of Ecological Stoves in the farms of Colombia is reduced
the deforestation of Watersheds. Ecological stoves allow a substantial
saving of firewood, so it can contribute significantly to reducing
deforestation. In addition to the elimination of smoke in homes
improves air quality and helps maintain healthy peasant families.
The main objective of the saving stoves is to reduce the consumption of
energy resources, improving consumption of firewood during the
preparation of food. In general, the benefits to be gained with the
ecological stove are:
• With the acceptance of ecological stoves in a community is reduced
environmental maltreatment because it decreases local deforestation.
• Reduces the consumption of firewood in relation to a traditional stove
because its construction is based on hallways leading heat and smoke
harvesting sites and expulsion. And also retains heat longer.
• Reduce the emission of smoke into the kitchen because the smoke is
channeled through a special tube that goes to the outside of the
house.
• Significantly decreases respiratory problems, irritation of the eyes,
coughing and general discomfort, mainly in women and children by
smoke inhalation.
• Provides more comfort when cooking and also reduces the cooking
time of food, allowing women to have more time for other tasks.
The basic principles of operation of the ecological stove are the mixture
of mud and sand that constitutes the body of the stove is a thermal
insulator that prevents excessive heat loss, and that once when the
stove is off conserves heat.
By constructing wood saving stoves in the farms of Colombia can
develop the capacity of community residents to make appropriate use of
natural resources related to this can arouse interest in initiate
reforestation or tree plantation.