PLANT LIFE HISTORY

By EMMA MARTIN

CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: MIOMBO WOODLANDS AND THEIR USE: OVERVIEW AND KEY ISSUES THE ‘SOCIAL FOREST’: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MIOMBO WOODLANDS BIO-PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MIOMBO WOODLANDS KEY ISSUES AND QUESTIONS CHAPTER 2: THE ECOLOGY OF MIOMBO WOODLANDS INTRODUCTION CLIMATE, GEOLOGY, LANDFORM AND SOILS COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE FUNCTIONING DYNAMICS FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS CHAPTER 3: POPULATION BIOLOGY OF MIOMBO TREES INTRODUCTION PHENOLOGY FRUITING AND DISPERSAL SEED GERMINATION REGENERATION GROWTH MORTALITY DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER 4: MIOMBO WOODLANDS IN THE WIDER CONTEXT: MACRO-ECONOMIC AND INTER-SECTORAL INFLUENCES INTRODUCTION HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON MIOMBO WOODLAND UTILISATION NATIONAL POLICIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON WOODLAND USE AND COVER INTER-SECTORAL LINKAGES AND CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER 5: RURAL HOUSEHOLDS AND MIOMBO WOODLANDS: USE, VALUE AND MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION GOODS AND SERVICES DERIVED FROM MIOMBO WOODLANDS THE VALUE OF MIOMBO WOODLANDS TO RURAL HOUSEHOLDS CUSTOMARY WOODLAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES DETERMINANTS OF MIOMBO WOODLAND USE AND MANAGEMENT CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER 6: TRADE IN WOODLAND PRODUCTS FROM THE MIOMBO REGION INTRODUCTION PRODUCTION/HARVESTING OF MIOMBO PRODUCTS THE TRANSFORMATION OF MIOMBO PRODUCTS (PROCESSING, TRANSPORTING AND MARKETING) CONSUMPTION OF MIOMBO WOODLAND PRODUCTS IMPACTS ON ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH CHAPTER 7: MANAGING MIOMBO WOODLAND INTRODUCTION MANAGING WOODY RESOURCES GRAZING MANAGEMENT FIRE MANAGEMENT MANAGING NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS RESOLVING CONFLICTING MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES IN THE FACE OF SCARCITY CHAPTER 8: INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS GOVERNING THE USE AND THE MANAGEMENT OF MIOMBO WOODLANDS INTRODUCTION PROPERTY REGIMES AND TENURIAL NICHES HISTORICAL CHANGES IN INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS IN THE MIOMBO REGION FOREST LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK: CASE STUDIES SUMMARY OF CURRENT SITUATION LESSONS FROM ELSEWHERE CURRENT TRENDS: TOWARDS COMMUNITY-BASED MANAGEMENT THE WAY FORWARD CHAPTER 9: MIOMBO WOODLANDS AND RURAL LIVELIHOODS: OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES DETERMINANTS OF CHANGE IN MIOMBO WOODLAND USE AND VALUE RURAL LIVELIHOODS AND MIOMBO WOODLAND PRODUCTS CHANGING MARKETS LOCAL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS MACRO-ECONOMIC AND INTER-SECTORAL INFLUENCES MANAGEMENT OPTIONS THE ECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK AND SUSTAINABILITY OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES REFERENCES