Naidoo, Sasha2018-03-022018-03-022017-10Naidoo, S. 2017. Commercial forestry. Climate risk and vulnerability: a handbook for Southern Africa, pp. 64-71978-0-620-76522-0https://www.csir.co.za/sites/default/files/Documents/SADC%20Handbook_Second%20Edition_full%20report.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/10076Chapter published in Climate risk and vulnerability: a handbook for Southern AfricaForests in southern Africa are critically important for sustainable livelihoods and ecosystems but are vulnerable to changes in climate, most important being accumulated temperature and moisture deficit, as well as to other external stressors, such as deforestation, with which climate may interact. Forest resources in the SADC14 region are extensive and diverse. The total forest cover is estimated at 400 million hectares (ha) 15 in area, or more than 40 percent of the total land area of the 15 SADC member states. Forest cover is concentrated in a few countries in the SADC region. The Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Zambia and Mozambique have the largest forest areas and account for close to three-quarters of the total forest area in the SADC region. Those four countries are among the five most forested countries in Africa; together with Sudan, they contain more than 55 percent of the continent’s forest estate.enDeforestationClimate changeEcosystem servicesIndigenous forestsPlantation forestsBook ChapterNaidoo, S. (2017). Commercial forestry., <i>Worklist;20346</i> CSIR. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10076Naidoo, Sasha. "Commercial forestry" In <i>WORKLIST;20346</i>, n.p.: CSIR. 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10076.Naidoo S. Commercial forestry.. Worklist;20346. [place unknown]: CSIR; 2017. [cited yyyy month dd]. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10076.TY - Book Chapter AU - Naidoo, Sasha AB - Forests in southern Africa are critically important for sustainable livelihoods and ecosystems but are vulnerable to changes in climate, most important being accumulated temperature and moisture deficit, as well as to other external stressors, such as deforestation, with which climate may interact. Forest resources in the SADC14 region are extensive and diverse. The total forest cover is estimated at 400 million hectares (ha) 15 in area, or more than 40 percent of the total land area of the 15 SADC member states. Forest cover is concentrated in a few countries in the SADC region. The Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Zambia and Mozambique have the largest forest areas and account for close to three-quarters of the total forest area in the SADC region. Those four countries are among the five most forested countries in Africa; together with Sudan, they contain more than 55 percent of the continent’s forest estate. DA - 2017-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Deforestation KW - Climate change KW - Ecosystem services KW - Indigenous forests KW - Plantation forests LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 SM - 978-0-620-76522-0 T1 - Commercial forestry TI - Commercial forestry UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10076 ER -