Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Finland is joining the US coordinated and UN Foundation led Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves with goal to provide 100 million homes to adopt clean and efficient stoves and fuels by 2020. The Alliance is a public-private inititative cooperating with gov
ernments UN agengies academic institutions etc. Finland will offer funding and expertise especially on the principles of the sustainable forest management for the Alliance future work. Several working groups have been established to guide the future work o
f the Alliance. Finland's contribution will be targeted to Latin America and Andean region as well as to supporting the principles of the the sustainable forest management in various working groups.