Forest degradation as a result of logging, shifting cultivation, agriculture and urban development is a major issue throughout the tropics. It leads to loss in soil fertility, water resources and biodiversity, as well as contributes to climate change. Efforts are therefore required to try to minimize further degradation and restore tropical forests in a sustainable way.

1. Degraded Forests in Eastern Africa: Introduction2. Forest Resources and Challenges of Sustainable Forest Management and Conservation in Ethiopia3. Forests and Forestry in Uganda4. Forests and Forestry in Tanzania5. Composition, Structure and Regeneration of Miombo Forest at Kitulangalo, Tanzania6. Church Forests - Relic of Dry Afromontane Forests of Northern Ethiopia: Opportunities and Challenges for Conservation and Restoration7. Incense Woodlands in Ethiopia: Regeneration Problems and Restoration Possibilities8. Vegetation Variation in Forest-woodland-savannah mosaics in Uganda and its implications for conservation9. The Role of Plantation Forests in Fostering Ecological Restoration: Experiences from East Africa10. Future Options for Maesopsis: Agroforestry Asset or Conservation Catastrophe?11. Single Tree Management Models: Maesopsis Eminii12. Silvicultural Management of Community Forests Towards Multiple Uses in the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia13. Juniperus procera (Cupressaceae) in Afromontane Forests in Ethiopia: from Tree Growth and Population Dynamics to Sustainable Forest Use.14. Degradation, Species Invasion and Management in Tanzanian Dry Forests: What do Local People Say?15. Forest dynamics in Southwest Ethiopia: Interfaces between ecological degradation and resource enrichment16. The Contribution of the Bale Mountain Forest Dweller Approach to Rural Household Economies - a Case Study from Ethiopia