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Miombo woodlands and rural livelihoods in Malawi

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Title Miombo woodlands and rural livelihoods in Malawi
 
Creator Lowore, J.D.
 
Subject woodlands
forest resources
resource utilization
income
rural communities
livelihoods
food security
socioeconomics
small enterprises
 
Description Farmers in Malawi remove woodlands to plant crops but they also derive a vast range of other basic needs from the surrounding forests. These miombo woodlands have until relatively recently always been vast in comparison to the human population and their needs. Over the years the woodlands and the way they have been used have changed, but their contribution for maintaining well being and providing peoples’ basic needs appears to have remained important. The main changes in the woodlands are a decrease in the area of woody plants remaining and the nature of the interface between woodlands and people. Forest area has reduced considerably; about 2.5 million hectares of forest land were converted to agricultural land between 1946 and 1996 (Openshaw, 1997). The nature of the interface between people and miombo – once limited to being a superstore of products for the home, the farm and the hunt – has increased in complexity. The purpose of this booklet is to explore some of the dimensions of the people/miombo interface and in particular identify those key areas that are most crucial for food security and poverty alleviation.
 
Date 2006
2012-06-04T09:12:30Z
2012-06-04T09:12:30Z
 
Type Working Paper
 
Identifier Lowore, J.D. 2006. Miombo woodlands and rural livelihoods in Malawi . Bogor, Indonesia, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). 18p. ISBN: 979-24-4672-9..
979-24-4672-9
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19556
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/2144
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Publisher Center for International Forestry Research