Miombo Ecology and Management

Miombo forest occurs in a swathe across central and southern Africa.Traditionally shifting cultivators have farmed in miombo, and allowed it to regenerate, but increasingly the demands for land and for fuelwood have resulted in deforestation. This book provides comprehensive details of the climate, environment, ecology and species characteristic of miombo, and describes methods for assessing the timber and other resources, through inventories, in order to use the forest sustainably. Management guidelines give practical advice on propagation and harvesting techniques, as well asdiscussing how to design plans to conserve biodiversity and to protectwater catchments.