Forestry and forest products industries in Zambia and the role of REDD+ initiatives
Zambia has one of the largest forest resources in southern Africa with almost 66% of its land mass under forest cover. However, indiscriminate harvesting of valuable timber resources for commodity-type products such as sawn-timber, charcoal and fuel-wood are the main drivers of forest depletion. Cha...
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| description | Zambia has one of the largest forest resources in southern Africa with almost 66% of its land mass under forest cover. However, indiscriminate harvesting of valuable timber resources for commodity-type products such as sawn-timber, charcoal and fuel-wood are the main drivers of forest depletion. Challenges related to customary-lands, land-tenure, lack of information about forest resources as well as the weak institutions is contributing factors that have accelerated to steady reduction of forest cover in the country. The need for investments in the forest products sector and an equitable sharing of benefits with local communities are pre-requisites to shift into higher value-added manufacturing. In the context, the implementation of the REDD+ initiatives, which aims to build capacity and technical knowledge on the ground together with improved monitoring, reporting and verifying of the forest resources data from a centrally planned command could help to arrest the depletion of the forest through better planning and management of the resources. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-377012015-10-29T06:09:44Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37701/ Forestry and forest products industries in Zambia and the role of REDD+ initiatives Ratnasingam, Jegatheswaran Ng'andwe, Phillimon Ioras, Florin Abrudan, Ioan Vasile Zambia has one of the largest forest resources in southern Africa with almost 66% of its land mass under forest cover. However, indiscriminate harvesting of valuable timber resources for commodity-type products such as sawn-timber, charcoal and fuel-wood are the main drivers of forest depletion. Challenges related to customary-lands, land-tenure, lack of information about forest resources as well as the weak institutions is contributing factors that have accelerated to steady reduction of forest cover in the country. The need for investments in the forest products sector and an equitable sharing of benefits with local communities are pre-requisites to shift into higher value-added manufacturing. In the context, the implementation of the REDD+ initiatives, which aims to build capacity and technical knowledge on the ground together with improved monitoring, reporting and verifying of the forest resources data from a centrally planned command could help to arrest the depletion of the forest through better planning and management of the resources. Commonwealth Forestry Association 2014-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37701/1/Forestry%20and%20forest%20products%20industries%20in%20Zambia%20and%20the%20role%20of%20REDD.pdf Ratnasingam, Jegatheswaran and Ng'andwe, Phillimon and Ioras, Florin and Abrudan, Ioan Vasile (2014) Forestry and forest products industries in Zambia and the role of REDD+ initiatives. International Forestry Review, 16 (4). pp. 474-484. ISSN 1465-5489; ESSN: 2053-7778 http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cfa/ifr/2014/00000016/00000004/art00007?crawler=true |
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| title_full | Forestry and forest products industries in Zambia and the role of REDD+ initiatives |
| title_fullStr | Forestry and forest products industries in Zambia and the role of REDD+ initiatives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Forestry and forest products industries in Zambia and the role of REDD+ initiatives |
| title_short | Forestry and forest products industries in Zambia and the role of REDD+ initiatives |
| title_sort | forestry and forest products industries in zambia and the role of redd initiatives |
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