Charcoal making increases income while threatening forest health in Zambia, indicating a need for balance.
Charcoal making as double-edged sword: important source for cash income in the Miombo dry forests but at cost of forest degradation.• Landscapes with protected areas can be counterproductive: higher volumes of charcoal produced and firewood extracted from landscapes with protected forest areas compared to landscapes with non-protected forest areas.
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