Purpose The paper aims to enhance the understanding of the impacts of climate change on
rural communities in Africa, including people's livelihoods, their adaptive capacity, coping …

From 1990 to 2005 the area of tropi-cal forest plantations increased from 69 million to 93
million hectares (FAO, 2006). Although plantations account for 11 percent of the total forest …

The end of apartheid created great expectations for the majority of South Africans in terms of
political, but also social and economic change. At first glance, significant progress has …

South Africa is a timber-scarce country that will most probably experience a shortage of
structural softwood lumber in the near future. In this study the concept of using young, green …

The exploitation of Eucalyptus grandis lumber as structural material may take advantage of
the finger-joint and edge-gluing of the boards while they are still wet, so as to reduce the …

Abstract Only 1% of South Africa's total land area is used for forestry with 51% of that being
used for Pinus and 40% for Eucalyptus species. A shortage of adequate structural sawn …

The predominant plantation hardwood species in South Africa Eucalyptus grandis is, despite
relatively good strength and stiffness properties, seldom used for lumber production due to …

Community-based forest management is a key climate change adaptation initiative in South
Africa. It is aimed at enhancing the sustainability of rural household livelihoods and …

In this study, the variation of collapse and shrinkage both radially and along the height of
trees was investigated and their relationships with warp in the sawn boards as well as the …

Forests are vulnerable to climate change and are also major sources of livelihood for many
rural households in Africa. This study examines rural people's perceptions of climate change …