Namibia has a broad variety of vegetation types including deserts, savannahs and dry woodlands; with the north and north-eastern regions characterised by large plains of hardwood forests. Forest resources are of essential importance to Namibia; as woodlands stabilises the fragile environment and prevent soil erosion, especially in the flood-prone areas along the river streams in the northern part of the country. Moreover, forests are homes to Namibia’s rich biological diversity. They also play a vital socio-economic role especially in the rural areas of Namibia, as a large population depends directly or indirectly on the availability of forest resources for their livelihoods. The forests are a major source of building materials for homesteads, fuel wood for cooking, lighting and heating, medicines and browsing for livestock amongst others. The wide variety of ecosystem services that forest provides are not only critical for the local environment, but are also important global goods. Forest plays a critical role in the context of climate change since they are one of the biggest reservoirs of carbon, helping to maintain the carbon cycle and other natural processes. They are key to reducing climate change. In 2000, 8.1 million hectares of Namibia were covered by forests (down from 8.7 million hectares in 1990). By 2020, Namibia’s total forest area has significantly decreased to only 6.6 million hectares. During the 1990’s, the estimated forest area was at 10.6% of the total land area; however, recent estimates indicates a major decline in forest cover, down to roughly 8.1% in 2020. These figures verifies that Namibia’s forests are under threat. Major risks associated with accelerated loss of forestry include, inter alia, the expansion of land for agricultural purposes, the cutting down of trees for fuel woods and for domestic use, clearing for infrastructural development, uncontrolled wildfires, selective logging through timber concessions, legal and illegal timber harvesting for exporting as logs to international markets and unlicensed curio carvings. Deforestation does not only lead to the loss of resources important for human survival; it also results in desertification and severe permanent degradation of the land and other important natural process.