Zambezi River Basin

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Forest cover in Zambezi basin countries

80 Percentage of total land mass

70

60

Zambia

50

Angola

Zimbabwe Tanzania

40

Malawi

30

Mozambique

Botswana

20

Namibia

10

0

1990

1995

2000

2005 2007

Source: SADC, SARDC, IUCN, UNEP (2008) Southern Africa Environment Outlook Gaborone, Harare, Nairobi.2005 data comes from ADBG,AU, UNECA 2009, African Statistics Year Book ,Tunis , Addis Ababa, African Development Bank Group, African Union, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa for 2005, 1990 and 2007 data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 2009.

Wood for charcoal production.

Figure 2.6

forest fires and invasive alien species. One of the rare and endemic species under threat is Mulanje Cedar ( Widdringtonia whiteii). Mulanje cedar is a popular timber source because of its durability as it is resistant to termite and fungal attack (Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust 2008).

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