Wild edible fruits (WEFs) are among the most widely used non-timber forest products
(NTFPs), and important sources of nutrition, medicine, and income for their users. In addition …

Indigenous fruits are considered to be part of the diet mostly by people in rural communities
of Zimbabwe, but they are still being underutilized. They can be eaten raw or processed into …

More than 10,000 years after the Agricultural Revolution started, millions of rural
smallholders across the developing world may still derive as much income from foraging …

Miombo and mopane woodlands are the dominant land cover in southern Africa. Ecosystem
services from these woodlands support the livelihoods of 100 M rural people and 50 M …

Miombo woodland is a significant forest type occupying about 9% of the African land area
and forms a dominant vegetation type in many southeastern African countries including …

Agriculture is expanding rapidly in the miombo woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa. Clear
felling results in the loss of species and ecosystem services. The remaining woodland is …

Carbon emissions from tropical land‐use change are a major uncertainty in the global
carbon cycle. In African woodlands, small‐scale farming and the need for fuel are thought to …

This paper examines the contribution of forest provisioning ecosystem services (FPES) to
rural households and assesses the contributions of forests to the annual incomes of …

The scope of the reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD)
mechanism has broadened REDD+ to accommodate different country interests such as …

In Southeastern Katanga, mining activities are (in) directly responsible for deforestation,
ecosystem degradation and unplanned building densification. However, little is known about …