U. S. A.

MEXICO

EL SALVADORGUATEMALA

HONDURAS

NICARAGUA

COSTA RICA

JAMAICAHAITI

DOM. REPUBLIC

ARGENTINA

BOLIVIA

COLOMBIA

VENEZUELA

PERU

BRAZIL

CHILE

ECUADOR

KENYA

ETHIOPIA

ERITREA

SUDAN

EGYPT

NIGERMAURITANIA

MALI

NIGERIASOMALIA

NAMIBIA

LIBYA

CHAD

SOUTH AFRICA

ZAIRE

ANGOLA

ALGERIA

MADAGASCARMOZAMBIQUEBOTSWANA

ZAMBIA

GABON

C.A.R.

TUNISIA

MOROCCO

UGANDA

SWAZILAND

LESOTHO

MALAWI

RWANDA

TOGOBENINGHANA

IVORYCOAST

LIBERIA

BURKINA

CAMEROON

ZIMBABWE

CONGO

DJIBOUTI

SENEGAL

GUINEA

JORDANKUWAIT

QATARU. A. E.

YEMEN

IRAQ IRAN

OMAN

SAUDI ARABIA

AFGHANISTAN

PAKISTAN

INDIA

C H I N A

MYANMAR

THAILAND

KAMPUCHEA

NEPALBHUTAN

VIETNAM

SRI LANKA

LAOSBANGLADESH

MALAYSIA

PAPUANEW GUINEA

BRUNEI

PHILIPPINES

AUSTRALIA

NEW ZEALAND

FIJI

SOLOMONISLANDS

TANZANIA

1—25

Under 1

Number of Inhabitantsper sq km

Over 25

• The regions colored yellow, orange and red have abundant sunshine for solar cooking all, or almost all, of the year. (That is, an annual average of over 4kWh/meter2/day.)

• About 2 billion people, one third of humanity, inhabit these regions. Most of them live in poverty and suffer declining quality of life.

• Their traditional fuel is wood and the supply is dwindling. At least 100 million already “experience virtual fuelwood famine.” (FAO 1997)

• Smoke from cooking fires causes pandemic respiratory and eye diseases. Children are frequently burned.

• Foraging for fuel wood is increasingly punishing to women as th ey must go ever further to find it. Frequently, it is also perilous.

SOLAR COOKING ALLEVIATES ALL THESE PROBLEMS.

AND MORE.

• Destruction of carbon sequestering trees is curtailed.

• Atmospheric pollution is substantially reduced.

Green areas are outside the purview of primesolar cooking regions because only seasonalsolar cooking is possible.

Data depicted in this map are approximate.

THE REACH OF SOLAR COOKING—A Technology Whose Time Has Come

Map data sources & contributors:Publisher: Solar Household Energy, Inc.Insolation data: SOLAREXDemographic data: Omar Rincon

To learn more about solar cooking and its promiseto alleviate environmental stress, health problemsand provide economic relief in developing countries,visit www.SHE-inc.org.