These forests stretch across more than two million hectares in Africa, including Angola, Tanzania, parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Their name comes from the Bemba word (miombo) for the dominant types of trees in the woodland, Brachystegia. The study was a collaborative effort between UK-based carbon data platform Sylvera, Mozambique’s National Fund for Sustainable Development, the World Bank and Mozambican researchers familiar with the ecology of the study area. One practical economic consequence of the work is the increased value of this woodland to carbon markets aimed at encouraging forest protection and restoration.
Study Shows that Conserving Miombo Woodland has Additional Economic Benefits
