75
timber (Total Industrial Wood) and YF=3.35 for fuelwood. Moreover, according to the NFA, all
products are allocated an EQF of 1.92gha/ha (GFN, 2014). The EF by forest product in the two
wilayas is resumed in the following table (table 25) and figure 7.
Table 25. Ecological footprint of the forest sector in Algiers and Tipaza (2015)
Component Category
Data
Unit
Emissions
(tCO2eq)
(gha)
Algiers Tipaza
Algiers
Tipaza
Material
Cork production
0
0 tonnes
[-]
[-]
Aromatic plants
ND
1
[-]
Total Industrial Wood 991.7 364.9
m
3
2 328.3
856.7
Firewood
215.2
0
930.0
[-]
Charcoal
3
0
7.0
[-]
Total
3 265.3
856.7
The EF associated with forestry in the two wilayas consists exclusively of the material
component due to the absence of data describing the other components (energy and built
area). The EF_wood of the wilaya of Algiers is significantly higher than that of Tipaza. This is
related to the information available and the number of forest products industries, which is
higher in Algiers. The statistics of the wilaya of Tipaza report the production of one tonne of
aromatic product. The EF equivalent to this production has not been calculated due to the
absence of a conversion factor corresponding to this product (YF) in the matrix EF_Forest
(forest products) and EF_crops (agricultural products).
4.2.4. Water sector
The national ecological footprint accounts (original model) do not convert the volume of water
produced into the equivalent production area. Thus, this category considers the energy
associated with water distribution in two forms:
- The energy embodied in the construction of water collection and distribution
structures (dam and pipeline)
0,0
1000,0
2000,0
3000,0
4000,0
Algiers
Tipaza
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT (GHA)
EF_forest
Figure 7. Ecological footprint of the forestry sector of Algiers and Tipaza (2015)