Tropical dry forests cover less than 13% of the tropics with the majority situated in Africa and South America. In southern Africa, they form part of the Miombo ecoregion or the Zambesian Centre of Endemism. The Miombo forests are under pressure of an increasing population and are one of the world's most threatened regions with regard to biodiversity loss, even though they are considered one of the five wilderness areas that should be given priority for global conservation. The most widely harvested timber species within the Miombo ecoregion is Pterocarpus angolensis, also known as Kiaat, Muninga, Mukwa or African Teak. There are many reports of  unsustainable harvesting and lack of natural regeneration of the species, resulting in an IUCN Red List status of near threatened. Forest management has the potential to improve the sustainable wood production of this important forest resource in the remaining forests, but so far management interventions such as assisted regeneration, thinning, pruning, and selection of the best genetic material rarely take place in the region. Information about P. angolensis is also not sufficient to support sustainable forest management, in contrast to the importance of its timber wood.