The Indigenous woolands - a diminishing source of fuelwood
1980
Banks, P. F.
A Brief outline is given of the conservation role of indigenous woodland and its characteristics in distribution and use. Overall, the woodland cover in the Tribal Trust Lands is estimated to have decreased by some thirty percent during a fifteen year period and large areas of re-afforestation are now required to provide fuelwood and other forest products in certain areas. Currently, fuelwood consumption in Zimbabwe is in excess of five million metres and this represents over eight per cent of the total wood usage in the country. The indigenous woodland cover no longer sustains this rate of production in the face of increasing demands for agriculture land and is a diminishing source of energy. Agro-forestry or the integration of trees with agriculture crops and animal is seen as one method of preventing further degradation of the environment whilst still proving a renewabe source of wood and other forest products. The need to reserve further ares of indigenous woodland for sustained wood production and the protection of catchment areas is stressedas well as the necessity for integrated planning.
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