Bush encroachment is a cause of desertification in Namibia and contributes to the decline of the cheetah's habitat. In an effort to combat bush encroachment and habitat loss, the Cheetah Conservation Fund's subsidiary company CCF Bush Pty. Ltd. has developed the Bushblok product, a compressed wood fuel log created from processed invader bush. Through market research, we made recommendations to CCF Bush to develop domestic usage of the product, including a business plan to enter the residential wood fuel market.

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Creator

• Mahony, Julia M.
• Wise, Jillian F.
• Sazanowicz, Robert Joseph
• Feller, Samuel F.

Subject

• Industry
• Sustainability
• Environment
• Energy

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050406-082243

Keyword

• Entrepreneurship
• Introduced organisms
• Wildlife conservation
• Marketing

Advisor

• Vaz, Rick
• Demetry, Chrysanthe

Year

• 2006

Center

• Windhoek, Namibia Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Cheetah Conservation Fund
• Brewer, Bruce

Date created

• 2006-05-04

Location

• Windhoek

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-02-03