The Earthscan Forest Library

This grant will contribute to the printing cost of the publication: Degraded forests in easternAfrica: management and restoration. To be printed in the series “the Earthscan Forest Library (series editor Jeffrey Sayer)”. Fifty copies of the book will be sent to relevant partner NGOs in the region. Summary of the book: The books aims to describe and analyse forests in three east African countries (Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania) and the challenges faced with regard to the management of these forests. Most forests are severely degraded and the book indicates what the factors are that lead to this degradation, what are the challenges that managers face, and what are the possibilities for restoring these forests. An increased incentive for these forests and investment in these forests are needed to safeguard these forests for the future. The book covers general forest (structure, composition, extent, dynamics, regeneration and their bottlenecks and major threats) and forestry aspects (use and management, silviculture, agro forestry and restoration), but also focuses on details for selected forests in these countries. The fact that the same kinds of forests are also found in neighbouring countries (e.g. Kenya, Sudan, Eritrea, and Somalia) implies that the information and analyses presented also covers a wider area. As such the book can be a guide and, in some cases, handbook for rational, reasonable and alternative forest use. This book will be of great interest to foresters, forest conservationists, landscape focussed managers, national en international ngo’s , universities, and students.