. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa. Southern Africa Table Conservation areas of Malawi Existing and proposed conservation areas as shown on Figure For data on World Heritage sites see chapter 9. Existing arean Proposed area Number (sq. km) (sq. km) National Parks Kasungu 2,316 Lake Malawi 94 Lengwe 887 Liwonde 548 Nyika 3,134 Game Reserves Majete 784 Mwabvi 104 Nkohotakota 1,802 Vwaza Marsh 1,000 Consen'ation A rea Michiruf 46 Totals 10,669 46 (.Source: lUCN, 1990) t Not shown on Figure 2050 m) and Mulanje Mt (above 1850 m) is strictly montane; the majority i
. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa. Southern Africa Table Conservation areas of Malawi Existing and proposed conservation areas as shown on Figure For data on World Heritage sites see chapter 9. Existing arean Proposed area Number (sq. km) (sq. km) National Parks Kasungu 2,316 Lake Malawi 94 Lengwe 887 Liwonde 548 Nyika 3,134 Game Reserves Majete 784 Mwabvi 104 Nkohotakota 1,802 Vwaza Marsh 1,000 Consen'ation A rea Michiruf 46 Totals 10,669 46 (.Source: lUCN, 1990) t Not shown on Figure 2050 m) and Mulanje Mt (above 1850 m) is strictly montane; the majority is submontane. As for the lowland forests, detailed descriptions of each forest are given by Dowsett-Lemaire (1989a); however, a more generalised account is reported by FAO/UNEP (1981). The broadleaved montane forest usually has a dense, con- tinuous canopy not more than 15 m high. Common tree species include Kiggelaria africana, Olinia usambarensis and Rapanea melanophloeos, while Podocarpus milanjianus and Pygeum africanum are rather more scarce. In the submontane forests, Enlandrophragma excelsum, Ficalhoa launfolia and Ocoiea usam- barensis are emergents of between 25 m and 50 m tall. The upper canopy at 18-30 m is composed of Cassipourea congoensis, Chrysophyllum gorungosanum, Cola greenwayi, Diospyros abyssinica, Drypetes gerrardii and Pannari excelsa. There are also poorly differ- entiated middle and lower strata of trees, with prominent ferns and lianes among them. Forest Resources and Management Malawi has many small patches of evergreen rain forest scattered over 40 major sites, but they total only 320 sq. km or thereabouts. Of this, around 218 sq. km is Afromontane forest, 72 sq. km is mid- altitude forest, while lowland forest makes up the remaining 30 sq. km (Table , Figure ; Dowsett-Lemaire, 1989a, 1990). This is considerably less than the closed broadleaved forest cover of 1860 sq. km estimated by FAO (1988) for 1980. Single blocks of forest in excess of 5
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