This methodology applies to projects that implement preventative early burning activities in miombo woodlands in the Eastern Miombo ecoregion of Africa. As specified by the World Wildlife Fund1 , the Eastern Miombo ecoregion consists of a relatively unbroken area covering the interior regions of southeastern Tanzania and the northern half of Mozambique, with a few patches extending into southeastern Malawi. The Central Zambezian Miombo Woodland ecoregion lies beyond Lake Malawi to the west, while north, the ecoregion is bordered by Acacia-Commiphora Bushland and Thicket belonging to the Somali-Masai phytochorion (White 1983). The East African coastal mosaic of White’s (1983) Zanzibar-Inhambane Regional Center of Endemism lines the shore. The Zambezian and Mopane Woodland ecoregion lies to the south.
This ecoregion is separated from other miombo ecoregions in that it is mostly confined to lower elevations of the East African Plateau, and is dominated by the floristically impoverished ‘drier Zambezian miombo woodland’ outlined by White (1983). Dominant tree species include Brachystegia spiciformis, B. boehmii, B. allenii, and Julbernardia globiflora. In areas of higher rainfall, a transition to wetter miombo occurs (White 1983). This ecoregion is separated from adjacent ecoregions to the west by Lake Malawi and the Shire River, running south from Mount Mulanje. In the north it is separated from the Central Zambezian Miombo Woodland ecoregion by the Eastern Arc and Southern Rift Montane areas.
