Wild edible fruits hold great potential for improving human diets, especially in agricultural
societies of the developing world. In Africa, a well-known supplier of such fruits is the …

African baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) is a common, multifunctional tree native to Western
Africa's arid and semi-Arid regions. It offers a broad range of economic benefits, including …

Although the demography of woody plants in savannas has long been shown to be due to
many factors, there still is no consensus as to the relative importance of the top-down …

Animal welfare (sometimes termed “well‐being”) is about feelings–states such as “suffering”
or “contentment” that we can infer but cannot measure directly. Welfare indices have been …

Baobabs are important to people's livelihoods as a source of food, fibre and medicine.
Baobab products are increasingly being commercialised and exported around the world …

This paper uses five inter-related topics (the management of rivers, fire regimes, invasive
alien species, rare antelope and elephants) to assess 15years of adaptive management in …

Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) strongly contribute to livelihood security in the semi-arid
tropics. There is increasing concern about the population status of NTFP-providing trees and …

Baobab fruit are harvested and used throughout Africa as an important source of food and
are sold to generate income. Commercial use is increasing rapidly as derivatives of the fruit …

The benefits provided by underutilised fruit tree species such as baobab (Adansonia digitata
L.) in combating increasing malnutrition and poverty become more apparent as awareness …

The history and development of ecologically-based fire management policies in savanna
protected areas during the 20th century are reviewed. Research on fire in savannas began …