Tree planting and management in Zimbabwe

• Main Authors: Shumba. E. M, Shumba, E. M, Piloto, M, Nyoka, I. B, Ramachela, K, Chigwerewe, S. K, Mabvurira, D, Bgoni, W, Gombe, J, Mangezi, T, Maruzane, D, Kwesha, D, Mfandaedza, E, Chikono, C, Baker, S, Moyo, S, Gumbie, C. M, Soganila, S
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Zimbabwe Forestry Commission (email: research@frchigh.co.zw)
• Subjects: Afforestation; aforestacion; agroforesteria; agroforesterie; agroforestry; agrosilvicultur; amenagement forestier; arboles forestales; arbre forestier; arvore floresta; atividade floresta; atividade florestal com funcao socia; bark; bark products; biodiversidad; biodiversite; biodiversity; biologi; biologia; biologie; biology; bois; bois de chauffage; bosque comunal; capacitacion; casc; ciencias forestales; clim; clima; climat; climate; communal forests; Conservation; consorcio forestal; corteza; dado estatistic; datos estadisticos; deboisement; deforestacion; Deforestation; desarrollo forestal; desenvolvimento floresta; desmatament; developpement forestier; donnee statistique; durabilite; ecologia floresta; ecologia forestal; ecologie forestiere; economia floresta; ecorce; equipamento floresta; equipo forestal; erosa; erosion; exploracao floresta; extension forestiere; farm forestry; faune et flore sauvages; floresta comunitari; floresta protegid; forest ecology; forest economics; forest health; forest inventories; Forest management; forest ownership; forest pests; forest plantations; forest policy; forest products; forest resources; forest trees; foresterie; forestry; forestry development; forestry equipment; forestry operations; foret collective; foret protegee; foret sociale; formaca; formation; fuelwood; GFIS; industria de la pasta y el papel; industria de polpa e pape; industrie de pate et papier; inventaire forestier; inventario floresta; inventarios forestales; lena; lenh; madeir; madera; manejo floresta; materiel forestier; monte protegido; natural regeneration; operacao floresta; operaciones forestales; operation forestiere; ordenacion forestal; organisme nuisible a la foret; plagas forestales; plantacao floresta; plantacion forestal; plantation forestiere; politica floresta; politica forestal; politique forestiere; praga floresta; productos de la madera; productos forestales; produit a base d'ecorce; produit derive du bois; produit forestier; produto a base de casc; produto de madeir; produto floresta; propriedade floresta; protected forests; pulp and paper industry; recurso floresta; recursos forestales; reflorestament; regeneraca; regeneracao natura; regeneracion; regeneracion natural; regeneration; regeneration naturelle; regime sylvicole; Regreening; Regulatory; ressource forestiere; sanidad de los bosques; sanidade floresta; sante des forets; silvicultur; silvicultura; silvicultural systems; silviculture; sistema silvicultura; sistemas silviculturales; social forestry; sostenibilidad; statistics; sustainability; sustentabilidad; sylviculture; training; Tree planting; trozos de corteza; vida silvestr; vida silvestre; Wildlife; wood; Wood fuel; wood products; Woodlands; xxx; Zimbabwe

Contents Chapter 1 -State of the forestry sector 1.1 An overview of the forestry sector 1 1.2 Forest ecosystems 5 1.3 Forest resource categories 7 1.4 Regulatory framework : 9 Chapter 2 -Changes in forest cover and their causes 2.1 Rate of deforestation 11 2.2 Causes of deforestation 12 Chapter 3 -Regreening of degraded landscapes 3.1 Rural afforestation 16 3.1.1 National Tree Planting Day 21 3.1.2 The Tree Growing and Tree Care Programme 21 3.1.3 Constraints associated with the rural afforestation programme 23 3.2 Woodland management 26 3.3 Wood substituting technologies 29 Chapter 4 -Challenges and the way forward 4.1 Rural afforestation 32 4.2 Woodland management , 34 4.3 Woodfuel substitution 35 4.4 Enabling environment 36 4.4.1 Regulatory framework 36 4.4.2 Financing mechanisms 41 4.4.3 Institutional and implementation framework 39 References 41