NYAMPHANDE NRM AREA MIOMBO INVENTORY AND MAPS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. BACKGROUND: ACTIVITIES SINCE 2000 1
AGRIC ACTIVITIES 1
FORESTRY ISSUES and ACTIVITIES in NYAMPHANDE (PETAUKE) AREA 2
2. MAPPING AND INVENTORY ISSUES IDENTIFIED 9
MAPPING ISSUES IN CB FOREST MANAGEMENT 9
INVENTORY ISSUES IN CB FOREST MANAGEMENT 12
How the NTFP database produces information on NCNRMA products 14
3. INVENTORY DATA GATHERING TOOLS and NTFP DATABASE APPLICATION 15
A MAP OF WHERE INVENTORY PLOTS WERE ESTABLISHED 15
CENSUS SHEET FOR SALVAGE OF CANTS AND LOGS 16
INVENTORY SHEET FOR VARIABLE-RADIUS PLOT and DATABASE 17
INVENTORY SHEET FOR 10-YEAR AND 20-YEAR FALLOW PLOT 18
4. INVENTORY OUTPUT: TREES PER HECTARE by DIAMETER CLASS AND SPECIES 19
Chakumanika PCF (437 ha, BA = 9.5m2) 19
Chilandu PCF (349 ha; BA = 13m2) 20
Chilandu PCF (349 ha; BA = 13m2) 21
10-year Fallows (5,794 ha; BA = 3 to 10 m2) 23
20-year Fallows (3,029ha; BA = 5 to 7 m2) 24
20-year Fallows (3,029ha; BA = 5 to 7 m2) 24
Miombo woodland – East side (1,755 ha; BA = 9m2) 25
Miombo woodland – West side (3,054 ha; BA = 10m2) 26
Miombo woodland – West side (3,054 ha; BA = 10m2) 27
Sawtimber stands – East side (2,776ha; BA = 10m2) 29
Sawtimber stand – West side (995ha; BA = 13m2) 30
Sawtimber stand – West side (995ha; BA = 13m2) 31
CONTINUED
5. INVENTORY OUTPUT: SAWTIMBER 33
SAWN PLANKS AND VOLUME (m3) per HA (NCNRMA) 33
6. INVENTORY OUTPUT: CHARCOAL 35
7. INVENTORY OUTPUT: NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS 37
Higher-value products 37
Other carved products 41
Products supporting commercialization of other NTFP 42
Food- and medicine- producing trees 43
Summary of all products’ worth per stand 45
8. INVENTORY OUTPUT: ABOVE-GROUND WOODY BIOMASS 46
9. INVENTORY OUTPUT: BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION 47
10. RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT TO DO WITH THE DATA 49
Plan to present the data back to stakeholders 49
Use the data to answer some questions 49
Use the data in support of follow-up projects and funding 49
Ideas for SENSITISATION activities based on inventory results 50
Ideas for PROJECT activities based on inventory results (2) 50
APPENDIX: HOW MANY TREES ARE LEFT? 51