Forest area plays important roles for human beings and the environment: the provision of daily commodities (timber, firewood, non-timber forest products, etc.), soil conservation, habitats for flora and fauna, and absorption of carbon dioxide. On the other hand, poverty is a serious problem in Southern Africa where forty percent of the population lives on less than one dollar per day with high population increase, over 2.4 %/year (SADC, 20101; FAO, 2010). Approximately 62% of natural forests in Southern Africa are dry woodlands called miombo (Dewees, et al., 2011). In addition to the high value of commercial miombo wood products, miombo has also great value for local people, as dry season fodder, fuelwood, and non-timber forest products for subsistence and industry uses. However, forests in the region are not well managed. The situation of forest fire in Africa is the worst in the world; 8% of forest area is annually damaged by fire in Africa (SADC, 20102). Since major causes of forest fires are human-induced, integrated fire management with local participation that includes the introduction of a fire information system and forest management should be promoted, which directly contributing to the improvement of the livelihood of local people and addressing both mitigation and adaptation to climate change. The SADC treaty stipulates that SADC commits the Member States to promote common political values, systems, and other shared values through regional integration. The SADC forestry strategy 2010–2020 highlights use of forest resources for food security, enhancing participatory forest management, cooperation on fire management, and needs of forest data for better management. At the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) V, scheduled for June 2013, new aid projects to commit to objectives on poverty and global environmental issues are expected to be identified for Southern Africa. The objectives of the Data Collection Survey on Forest Conservation in Southern Africa Addressing Climate Change are to examine the current status of the forest sector in Southern Africa with regard to a forest monitoring/information system, fire management, and community participation in forest management, as well as the trends of international cooperation, and to identify the potential area of cooperation by JICA. Fact finding surveys, as well as technical and policy workshops on fire management, community forestry, and forest assessment addressing climate change were held by the survey.