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Dr Ferdinand Handavu is a forest scientist and a biodiversity conservationist. His specialities are in socio-ecological system dynamics in miombo woodlands, modelling carbon dynamics in natural woodland ecosystems, forest livelihoods, vulnerability, and resiliency assessments and Climate change vulnerabilities and adaptation assessments. Additionally, Dr Handavu has been involved in several research projects and consultancies. For example,

Aurélio Pais is a Mozambican researcher at the Zambeze University. He holds a degree in forestry engineering, a master’s degree in biodiversity management and conservation, and a doctorate in forest ecology from the Federal University of Lavras in Brazil. He works in several kinds of research in the field of forest sciences, with emphasis on

Elisha Elifuraha Njoghomi holds a Doctoral Degree in Sustainable Use of Renewable Resources (AGFOREE) from Helsinki University, Finland, and a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Forestry from the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania.  He is currently a researcher at Tanzania Forestry Research Institute (TAFORI) since 2006. Through research, he has acquired good practical experience

Francisco Maiato Pedro Gonçalves, is an Angolan biologist with a Doctoral degree in Biology, from the University of Hamburg in Germany. Francisco has experience in tropical ecosystems, with an emphasis on miombo woodlands. His current work pays special attention to vegetation dynamics post-disturbance. He is associated with the Herbarium of Lubango at ISCED-Huíla, dividing his

Jonathan ILUNGA MULEDI, is an agricultural engineer, with a Master of Science in plant biology and environment. His doctoral research focused on the functional ecology and management of Miombo in Upper Katanga. As a result, Jonathan Muledi has expertise in tropical forest ecology, management, and restoration with a focus on the Miombo ecoregion ecosystems. He

Tatenda is a Forest Ecology and Management Researcher from Zimbabwe focusing on sustainable harvesting of miombo woodlands based at the School of Animal, Plant, and Environmental Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. His research is collaboratively supported by the Miombo Network (http://miombonetwork.org/), the SEOSAW Partnership (https://seosaw.github.io/) and the OGRC (https://ogresearchconservation.org/ ). He is currently looking

Dr. Judith Kamoto is a Senior Lecturer at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources in Lilongwe, Malawi (http//www.luanar.ac.mw). Her work is on understanding the relationship between humans and forest -agroecosystems. Her research work focuses on the governance of natural resources, gender, climate change, agroforestry, energy, fire management, and community-based natural resources management. Her