The excessive logging of trees has been the primary cause of desertification in the Sahelian countries. The local communities depend on the resources provided by the trees for their livelihoods, including dead wood for cooking, as well as roots and leaves for traditional medicine and thorny branches for fences. To deal with this issue, initiatives such as the banco stoves and solar ovens have been implemented to reduce the dependence on dead wood for energy. However, after a few months, solar ovens are often put away due to the belief that they do not provide the same authentic taste as traditional cooking methods, and the banco stoves are abandoned in favor of old habits, leading to continued wood cutting. Without a sustainable alternative energy solution, reforestation efforts will ultimately prove futile as the trees will continue to be cut down.