ANNEX

Wood-fuel Review and Assessment in Zambia (1999)

The Forests Act No. 7 of 1999

Zambia Forestry Action Plan (1998)

Volume I: Executive Summary

Volume II: Challenges and Opportunities

Volume III: Strategies and Actions

Report on the Zambian Forestry Statistics : A Country Report for the Proceedings of Sub-Regional Workshop on Forestry Statistics in the SADC Region (1998)

National Forestry Policy (1998)

Non-Wood Forest Products Review and Assessment in Zambia (1998)

EU Forestry Sector Co-operation Strategy Study With the Countries of the SADC Region : Zambia Country Report (1997)

The Role of Forests and Land Use: ZFAP Task Force Report (1996 )

Forest Management Planning and Inventory : ZFAP Consultant Report (1996)

ZFAP Task Force Report on Wood-fuel in Zambia (1996)

The Role of Women in Forestry Development : ZFAP National Consultant Report (1996)

ZFAP Task Force Report on Gender in Forestry in Zambia (1996)

Review of the Current Status of Forestry Extension, Research and Education in Zambia : ZFAP Task Force Report (1996)

Study on the Restructuring of the Forestry Department into a Proposed Forestry Authority, MENR. (1996)

During the last decade, the economy of Zambia has been floundering through the structural difficulties, a difficult structural adjustment process, and other malign influences including soft markets for the export – copper -, bad weather that curtailed agricultural production in some years, and regional instability which encompasses the violent conflicts in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Angola. By the mid of the year 2000, at least 200,000 refugees from the DRC and Angola had entered Zambia, further straining the meagre resources of the country.

Zambia has a rather low overall population density, but high population concentrations in the Capital City of Lusaka and the Copperbelt Province Towns. The country is thus relatively urbanised by the African standards, and experiences a correspondingly high degree of the social, health and environmental problems associated with urbanisation in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

Zambia’s resources also include the woodlands and various non-copper minerals. Tourism, to view the African Wildlife and the spectacular Victoria Falls, is another under exploited sector.

A GDP graph for Zambia in the 1990s, using the IMF estimates, has a saw-tooth pattern. Only once in the decade did the economy expand for two straight years, in 1996 and 1997, but this followed three straight years of decline, including a sharp 13.3% drop in 1994. More recently, GDP contracted by 2% in 1998 and inched up by 1.1% in 1999

Zambian debt represents 138% of GDP, and the country is among the first granted debt relief under the Bretton Woods institutions Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiatives. Debt service payment currently amounts to some US$ 125 Million yearly. The balance of trade in goods and services is marginally negative.

In terms of economic indicators, Zambia in 1999 had a gross domestic product (GDP) of US$ 7,997 Billion, a population of 9.4 Million people and a GDP per capita of US$ 851. In terms of global ranking, this placed Zambia 126 out of 191 countries in terms of GDP, 80 out of 191 countries in terms of population and 175 out of 191 countries in terms of GDP per capita. Other information is as summarised below.

Table Annex II: Zambia Macro-economic Activity