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Forest management opportunities broken down by priority area. This dataset is a product of the National Forest Landscape Restoration Assessment (NFLRA) and National Forest Landscape Restoration Strategy (NFLRS) for... |
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Forest management opportunities broken down by priority area. This dataset is a product of the National Forest Landscape Restoration Assessment (NFLRA) and National Forest Landscape Restoration Strategy (NFLRS) for... |
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Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining - Malawi, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and World Resources Institute (WRI) in support of the Forest Landscape Restoration Opportunities Assessment for Malawi, 2017. |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>This dataset represents the opportunity area for implementing the forest management restoration intervention as modeled for the National Forest Landscape Restoration Assessment. Forest management interventions include three types: 1) protection of existing natural forests inside and outside forest reserves and other protected areas. 2) Regeneration of recently degraded or deforested areas through managed natural regeneration and enrichment plantings to encourage regrowth of natural forest. 3) Improved management of existing plantations for sustainability, probitability and efficiency. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>Natural forest protection was mapped using data on existing tree canopty cover greater than 20 percent, in stands of at least 5 hectares. Degraded and deforested areas for restoration were mapped using data on recently burnt forest areas between 2002 and 2012, as well as tree canopy cover loss (15-100% loss) between 2000 and 2010. Improved plantation management was mapped based on data on existing forest plantations from the Department of Forestry in combination with those derived from a land use/land cover map. Combining these datasets produced the map of forest management opportunities area. The total estimated intervention opportunities area for forest management in Malawi is 3.4 million hectares, which includes 2.4 million ha of natural forest protection, 820,000 ha of degraded forest restoration, and 138,000 ha of improved plantation management. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>The data were then prioritized by three socioeconomic and environmental factors that were determined during stakeholder consultation to be the most important for implementing forest management interventions. In other words, where data for these socioeconomic or environmental criteria overlapped with opportunity area for forest management interventions, then the areas were identified as priorities. The three criteria used for prioritizing opportunity areas for forest management were: 1) flood risk, defined as upstream catchments with high potential flood risk; 2) biodiversity, defined as areas with highest biodiversity value; and 3) mining site rehabilitation, defined as catchments containing active mining sites. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>This dataset identifies where all three of these socioeconomic and environmental criteria overlapped, and are therefore the highest priority for implementing forest management interventions. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>These data are intended for informational and planning purposes only. The dataset was produced as part of a geospatial modeling exercise and is limited by the robustness of the input data and assumptions associated with the model.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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Forest management opportunity all priorities |
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Image Service |
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https://gis.winrock.org/server |
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["restoration","forest landscape restoration","forest","malawi MCHF"] |
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Forest_management_opportunity_all_priorities |
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WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere |