Copperbelt - WeForest

Miombo Belt Regeneration

Copperbelt,

Zambia

Engaging smallholder farmers in reversing deforestation

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under restoration

trees growing

species regenerating

families benefiting

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In Zambia’s Copperbelt, WeForest works with hundreds of small-scale farmers, providing them with training and tools to diversify their sources of income while they restore miombo woodlots on their farmlands.

As a result, they receive higher incomes, diversify their economic activities and learn new skills. The project also links them to local companies to ensure their honey gets sold. This way, the project becomes more sustainable, which makes the communities less dependent on WeForest’s contribution.

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Why and how we’re working here

The typical Miombo forest has, in the Copperbelt province more than anywhere else in Zambia, suffered from mining and charcoal production.

WeForest trains farmers in restoring their small farms (1 or 2 ha on average) with indigenous and fruit trees.

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Location

Luanshya, Mpongwe and Ndola districts, Copperbelt province

Restoration approaches

Conservation, Assisted Natural Regeneration, Agroforestry

restoration partners

WeForest Zambia, LFCA, DFCA, Rainlands Timber, BeeSweet

Species

Include Julbernardia paniculata, Pterocarpus angolensis

Certification

Preferred by Nature (June 2021)

The project’s impact on people

Farmers with a minimum of one lima (0.25 hectares) of woodlot are recruited and trained in Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR), which involves protecting and nurturing wild tree seedlings. This process is carried out all year round and serves to promote the natural succession of the forest.

As fruit trees take a while to produce food or income, farmers need short-term alternatives to replace the cash they used to get from charcoal, for example. Beekeeping is a good option. © WeForest

Beehives installed in farmers’ woodlots allow them to earn a steady income from a healthy, flourishing forest, doubling their annual income in some cases. © WeForest

Farmers are taught to harvest biomass from their woodlots through coppicing, a technique that involves extracting wood from tree stems while leaving the total number of trees intact, making it a sustainable alternative to charcoal production. © WeForest

Local women are trained in fruit tree grafting and nursery management. © WeForest

Community Forest Rangers travelled over 950 km in just four months to assess one third of all participating farmers in the Luanshya district. © Ruben Foquet, WeForest

A new restoration phase, which started in 2022, will bring nearby Imanda Forest under community forest management. Imanda is a large mushitu (swamp forest) and an important habitat for birds.

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