This study is aimed at designing a computer-based information support system for thernmanagement of forestry in Zambia. For this purpose, a survey was conducted tornascertain the information flow structure in the industry and the information seekingrnpattern of the various categories of forestry personnel. In addition, the study wasrndirected at examining the current practices relating to collection, processing, storage,rndissemination, and retrieval of pertinent information in this national economic sector.rnThe forestry sector is an important sector in the economy of Zambia. But due to somernhistorical developments, the sector has been given a superficial attention on the nationalrneconomic priorities. However, for the purpose of developing the forestry sector,rnseveral institutions have been established under the auspices of the Forest Departmentrnto conduct research in forestry and to produce forestry personnel. The major forestryrnresearch institutions include; (1) the Division of Forest Research, (2) the Division ofrnForest Products Research, (3) the Bee-Keeping Division, the Zambia Forest College,rnand several research stations scattered around the country. This study was, therefore,rnundertaken to gain an understanding on how information is coordinated among thernfore stry institutions.rnThe findings of this study show that the existing manual operated information systemrnin the forestry sector is inadequate to respond to the information needs of the forestryrninformation users . The majority of information users indicated that the currentrninformation facilities could not meet their requirements, especially when therninformation needed was not available at the local information unit. For this reason, therncomputer-based information support system for the management of forestry in Zambiarnhas been proposed. The proposed information system is to have an informationrnretrieval system with a central database located at the Forests and Timber ResearchrnLibrary in Kitwe. The central database will be fed by the various information units ofrnthe forestry information network. Two types of prototype databases using Micro CDS/ISIS have been designed. The first one is an integrated database comprisingrnbibliographic records, and profiles of experts, forestry institutions, informationrnsystems, and the profiles of research projects. The other one is a set of specializedrndatabases comprising two databases of FOVEG and TSPE. These databases arernintended to provide information on the types of forest vegetation found in Zambia,rnnames for tree species, location of specific tree species, and their description. Tornfacilitate the search of these databases, the ISIS Pascal interface has been used to writernan application program for the user interface that would allow both the IS staff and thernend-users to interact with the system in a friendly way. Finally, a measure forrnimplementing the prototype system, and for its further improvements, are suggested.