Goede, MFCho, Moses AChirwa, WGeldenhuys, CJ2020-12-012020-12-012020-01Geode, M.F. et al. 2020. Land use land cover change and the comparative impact of co-management and government-management on the forest cover in Malawi (1999-2018). Journal of Land Use Science, vol. 14(4-6): 281-3051747-423X1747-4248https://doi.org/10.1080/1747423X.2019.1706654https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1747423X.2019.1706654http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11681Copyright: 2020 Taylor & Francis. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's website. The definitive version of the work is published in Journal of Land Use Science, vol. 14(4-6): 281-305Miombo Woodland is the major Land use/land cover with important ecological functions in Africa. In Malawi, government-management was designed to manage Woodlands. However, when illegal activities continued, Participatory Forest Management (co-management) in forest reserves was institutionalised for woodland sustainability. Currently, information on co-management mitigating deforestation and degradation is scant. This study assessed woodland/forest through Land use/land cover (LULC) classification across the country (Malawi); compared forest cover within and between strategies using 11 co-management and 12 government-management forest reserves across the country between 1999 and 2018. Overall accuracies were >90%. Woodland net loses 8.4% (4.39–3.39 million ha) were to Plantation, Grassland and Agriculture transition intensities. Agriculture net gains 9.6% (1.87–3.00 million ha) were from Grassland, Settlement and Woodland transitions for the whole Malawi. Forest cover within co-management and government-management indicated loses. Sustainable management of degraded woodlands, integrated Agriculture and monitoring is encouraged. Further interpretation of transitions is recommended.enCo-managementForest coverGovernment managementLand coverLand useMalawiMiombo WoodlandsArticleGoede, M., Cho, M. A., Chirwa, W., & Geldenhuys, C. (2020). Land use land cover change and the comparative impact of co-management and government-management on the forest cover in Malawi (1999-2018). http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11681Goede, MF, Moses A Cho, W Chirwa, and CJ Geldenhuys "Land use land cover change and the comparative impact of co-management and government-management on the forest cover in Malawi (1999-2018)." (2020) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11681Goede M, Cho MA, Chirwa W, Geldenhuys C. Land use land cover change and the comparative impact of co-management and government-management on the forest cover in Malawi (1999-2018). 2020; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11681.TY - Article AU - Goede, MF AU - Cho, Moses A AU - Chirwa, W AU - Geldenhuys, CJ AB - Miombo Woodland is the major Land use/land cover with important ecological functions in Africa. In Malawi, government-management was designed to manage Woodlands. However, when illegal activities continued, Participatory Forest Management (co-management) in forest reserves was institutionalised for woodland sustainability. Currently, information on co-management mitigating deforestation and degradation is scant. This study assessed woodland/forest through Land use/land cover (LULC) classification across the country (Malawi); compared forest cover within and between strategies using 11 co-management and 12 government-management forest reserves across the country between 1999 and 2018. Overall accuracies were >90%. Woodland net loses 8.4% (4.39–3.39 million ha) were to Plantation, Grassland and Agriculture transition intensities. Agriculture net gains 9.6% (1.87–3.00 million ha) were from Grassland, Settlement and Woodland transitions for the whole Malawi. Forest cover within co-management and government-management indicated loses. Sustainable management of degraded woodlands, integrated Agriculture and monitoring is encouraged. Further interpretation of transitions is recommended. DA - 2020-01 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Co-management KW - Forest cover KW - Government management KW - Land cover KW - Land use KW - Malawi KW - Miombo Woodlands LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2020 SM - 1747-423X SM - 1747-4248 T1 - Land use land cover change and the comparative impact of co-management and government-management on the forest cover in Malawi (1999-2018) TI - Land use land cover change and the comparative impact of co-management and government-management on the forest cover in Malawi (1999-2018) UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11681 ER -