The miombo woodlands at the cross roads: Potential threats, sustainable livelihoods, policy gaps and challenges

摘要: The Miombo, the most extensive tropical woodland formation of Africa directly supports livelihoods over 100 million people through provision many tree products and ecosystem services essential to both rural urban communities. While destruction Miombo has often been blamed on communities dwelling near forest resources, dwellers depend heavily various derived from woodlands. This paper highlights importance in people, potential threats this opportunities for its sustainable management. About 70% energy consumed southern is form fuelwood or charcoal. economic especially non-timber (NTFPs) usually understated due their perceived non-economic value yet they play an important role sustaining dependent miombo ecoregion. also contributes health use medicinal plant products, some cases, contributing up 80% health, including helping coping with effects HIV/AIDS, malaria several diseases. possibility developing payment environmental schemes public–private partnerships, community-based management models are proposed. Through conservation commercialization services, there a provide income improve livelihood involved trade along chain. narf_1218 150..159