Miombo Woodland is the major Land use/land cover with important ecological functions in Africa. In Malawi, government-management was designed to manage Woodlands. However, when illegal activities continued, Participatory Forest Management (co-management) in forest reserves was institutionalised for woodland sustainability. Currently, information on co-management mitigating deforestation and degradation is scant. This study assessed woodland/forest through Land use/land cover (LULC) classification across the country (Malawi); compared forest cover within and between strategies using 11 co-management and 12 government-management forest reserves across the country between 1999 and 2018. Overall accuracies were >90%. Woodland net loses 8.4% (4.39–3.39 million ha) were to Plantation, Grassland and Agriculture transition intensities. Agriculture net gains 9.6% (1.87–3.00 million ha) were from Grassland, Settlement and Woodland transitions for the whole Malawi. Forest cover within co-management and government-management indicated loses. Sustainable management of degraded woodlands, integrated Agriculture and monitoring is encouraged. Further interpretation of transitions is recommended.

Miombo林地是非洲主要的土地利用/土地覆盖，具有重要的生态功能。在马拉维，政府管理部门旨在管理伍德兰兹。但是，当非法活动继续进行时，森林保护区的参与性森林管理（共同管理）就被制度化，以实现林地的可持续性。当前，关于减轻森林砍伐和退化的共同管理的信息很少。这项研究通过全国（马拉维）的土地利用/土地覆被（LULC）分类评估了林地/森林；在1999年至2018年间，利用全国11个共同管理森林和12个政府管理森林保护区，比较了战略内部和战略之间的森林覆盖率。总体准确度> 90％。人工林，草地和农业的过渡强度使林地净损失8.4％（439-339万公顷）。从整个马拉维的草地，定居点和林地过渡期，农业净收益增长了9.6％（187万至300万公顷）。共同管理和政府管理内的森林覆盖率下降。鼓励对退化林地进行可持续管理，综合农业和监测。建议进一步解释过渡。