Degraded Forests in Eastern Africa Management and Restoration 1st Edition by Frans Bongers, Timm Tennigkeit 9781844077670 1844077675

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ISBN 10: 1844077675

ISBN 13: 9781844077670

Author: Frans Bongers, Timm Tennigkeit

Forest degradation as a result of logging, shifting cultivation, agriculture and urban development is a major issue throughout the tropics. It leads to loss in soil fertility, water resources and biodiversity, as well as contributes to climate change. Efforts are therefore required to try to minimize further degradation and restore tropical forests in a sustainable way. This is the first research-based book to examine this problem in East Africa. The specific focus is on the forests of Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda, but the lessons learned are shown to be applicable to neighbouring countries and others in the tropics. A wide range of forest types are covered, from dry Miombo forest and afromontane forests, to forest-savannah mosaics and wet forest types. Current management practices are assessed and examples of good practice presented. The role of local people is also emphasized. The authors describe improved management and restoration through silviculture, plantation forestry and agroforestry, leading to improvements in timber production, biodiversity conservation and the livelihoods of local people.

Table of contents:

1. Degraded Forests in Eastern Africa: Introduction

2. Forest Resources and Challenges of Sustainable Forest Management and Conservation in Ethiopia

3. Forests and Forestry in Uganda

4. Forests and Forestry in Tanzania

5. Composition, Structure and Regeneration of Miombo Forest at Kitulangalo, Tanzania

6. Church Forests – Relics of Dry Afromontane Forests of Northern Ethiopia: Opportunities and Challenges for Conservation and Restoration

7. Incense Woodlands in Ethiopia and Eritrea: Regeneration Problems and Restoration Possibilities

8. Vegetation Variation in Forest–woodland–savanna Mosaics in Uganda and Its Implication for Conservation

9. The Role of Plantation Forests in Fostering Ecological Restoration: Experiences from East Africa

10. Future Options for Maesopsis: Agroforestry Asset or Conservation Catastrophe?

11. Single-Tree Management Models: Maesopsis Eminii

12. Silvicultural Management of Community Forests towards Multiple Uses in the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia

13. Juniperus procera (Cupressaceae) in Afromontane Forests in Ethiopia: From Tree Growth and Population Dynamics to Sustainable Forest Use

14. Degradation, Species Invasion and Management Responsibility in Tanzanian Dry Forests: What Do Local People Say?

15. Forest Dynamics in Southwest Ethiopia: Interfaces Between Ecological Degradation and Resource Enrichment

16. Conditions for Sustainable Forest Management in Community Forestry: A Case Study from the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia

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