Miombo Ecoregion Vision Report - Biodiversity Foundation for Africa

5.2 Key Socio-Economic Features and Processes............................................................. 34
5.2.1 Socio-Political Factors .................................................................................. 34
5.2.3 Cultural Processes ........................................................................................ 35
5.2.4 Land Use and Socio-Economic Development ............................................. 35
5.3 Economic and Policy Environment............................................................................. 39
5.3.1 Socio-economic Threats and Opportunities ................................................. 39
5.3.2 Cross-cutting Factors.................................................................................... 40
5.3.3 Threats.......................................................................................................... 40
5.3.4 Opportunities................................................................................................ 42
6. CONSERVATION VISION AND AREAS OF BIOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE............. 44
6.1 Vision Statement ......................................................................................................... 44
6.1.1 Rationale........................................................................................................ 44
6.2 Areas of Importance for Biodiversity Conservation ................................................... 45
7. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES ........................................................................... 64
Appendix 1. List of endemic or near-endemic vertebrate taxa in the Miombo Ecoregion. ..... 69
Appendix 2. Miombo Ecoregion habitats ................................................................................ 77
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
Figure 1. The Miombo Ecoregion and southern Africa ........................................................... 7
Figure 2. Southern Africa – physiography and altitude .......................................................... 10
Figure 3. Miombo Ecoregion – rainfall................................................................................... 12
Figure 4. Miombo Ecoregion – vegetation types .................................................................... 19
Figure 5. Miombo Ecoregion – protected areas ...................................................................... 38
Figure 6. Miombo Ecoregion – areas of biological importance.............................................. 47
Figure 7. Miombo Ecoregion – areas of significance for habitat conservation ...................... 79
Table 1. Revised Miombo Ecoregion vegetation units ........................................................... 20
Table 2. Numbers of species recorded from the Miombo Ecoregion. .................................... 27
Table 3. Protected areas within the Miombo Ecoregion ......................................................... 38
Table 4. Identified areas of importance for conservation in the Miombo Ecoregion ............. 46