Abstract: The woodlands mentioned above provide the majority of the wood fuel used in the unprocessed form by Namibia's majority population who live in an area which is less than 30% of the whole country. The savannah regions are occupied by less than 20% of the population. Of these more than 60% is under commercial livestock and game ranching and in terms of formal regional and international trade in wood energy, are among the most organised commercial charcoal producers in Southern Africa. The rest of the savannahs are communally owned in regions such as former 'East Hereroland or Otjinene' and Aminius, now known as Omaheke Region, in the eastern part of the country.