Appendix 5: List of priority species

Species

End use

Operations/activities

Remarks

N

NW

FW

O

Exploration

Evaluation

Conservation

Reproductive Use

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Acacia tortilis

x

x

x

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Baikiaea plurijuga

x

x

x

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Brachystegia spiciformis

x

2

2

1

2

1

1

1

1

Colophospermum mopane

x

x

x

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Combretum imberbe

x

x

x

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Faidherbia albida

x

x

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

MPTS

Faurea saligna

x

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

E

Hyphaene petersiana

x

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Phoenix reclinata

x

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Pterocarpus angolensis

x

x

x

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Sclerocarya birrea

x

x

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

PVT/PGT

End uses

1. Industrial wood (logs, sawtimber, construction wood, plywood, chip and particle board, wood pulp, etc.)
2. Industrial non-wood products (gums, resins, oils, tannins)
3. Fuelwood, posts, poles (fierwood, charcoal, roundwood used on-farm, wood for carving)
4. Other uses, goods and services (food, medicinal use, fodder, land stabilization/amelioration, shade, shelter, environmental values)

Exploration and collection

5. Biological information (natural distribution, taxonomy, genecology, phenology etc.)
6. Collection of germplasm for evaluation

Evaluation

7. In situ (population studies)
8. Ex situ (provenance and progeny studies)

Conservation

9. In situ
10. Ex situ

Reproductive use

11. Semi-bulk/bulk seedlots, reproductive materials
12. Selection and improvement

Remarks

PVT = Provenance trials
PGT = Progeny trials
CLT = Clonal trials
SO = Seed orchard
E = endagered at species or provenance level
MPTS = Multi purpose tree species

Rating

For columns 1-4: as appropriate

For columns 5-11:

1. Highest priority, action should start, or be continued, with immediate effect
2. Prompt action recommended, action should start within next two biennia
3. Action required in quinquennium 2000-2005

Species	End use				Operations/activities								Remarks
	N	NW	FW	O	Exploration		Evaluation		Conservation		Reproductive Use
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Acacia tortilis	x		x	x	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Baikiaea plurijuga	x		x	x	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Brachystegia spiciformis	x				2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Colophospermum mopane	x		x	x	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Combretum imberbe	x		x	x	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Faidherbia albida			x	x	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	MPTS
Faurea saligna	x				1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	E
Hyphaene petersiana				x	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Phoenix reclinata				x	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Pterocarpus angolensis	x		x	x	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sclerocarya birrea	x			x	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	PVT/PGT