Land use options in dry tropical woodland ecosystems in Zimbabwe: Introduction, overview and synthesis

摘要: This article focuses on the ecological and economic interactions of woodland use in Western Zimbabwe. One aims was to investigate modelling achieve integration among disciplines. The integrated model draws models different papers this issue journal. has five sectors: all sectors cover by local people state forestry organisation, two agriculture, one sector population growth land use, carbon sequestration, calculate net present values various uses. usually attempted keep their livestock out forest. It is shown that private benefits cropland may be greater than those related or woodland, but further work required incorporate public costs subsidies cropland, services. Livestock production woodlands compatible with management, both from perspectives. Expulsion forest dwellers makes little impact does not improve value state. However, if Forestry Commission relaxes current control in-migration, it likely rapidly depleted face massive in-migration. Modelling seen as a framework for issues, institutional perspectives sociological anthropological