Book ID: 68510
Campbell, B. (ed.)
The Miombo in transition: woodlands and welfare in Africa. 1996. illus. XIII, 266 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
Miombo woodlands are the most extensive vegetation type in Africa south of the equator.These dry tropical woodlands cover some 2.5 million hectares and are home to over 40 million people. The book demonstrates how much livelihood strategies of rural communities depend on miombo goods and services, and indicates the strong differentiation of uses within communities and in space and time.