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Forests of Mount Kulal, Kenya: Source of water and support to local livelihoods

Mount Kulal is an eroded volcanic peak covered with mist forest at its summit and varying vegetation types below. It is among the highest peaks in northern Kenya and represents a unique ecosystem surrounded by arid and semi-arid lands on all sides. The mountain ecosystem captures moisture in the forms of mist and rain and provides important hydrological services for the entire...

Smoke and health in Kenya: Smoke hoods – a practical solution

Appropriate Household Energy Technology Development Practical Action has worked with Maasai women in the Kajiado region of Kenya to find appropriate solutions to the extreme problem of indoor air pollution in their homes.

Average smoke levels were recorded at over 100 times the accepted international standards and several hundred...

Predicting malaria’s changing course in East Africa

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East Africa is experiencing outbreaks of malaria in highland areas where there is little experience with the disease. Researchers led by the Kenya Medical Research Institute are combining climate observation with medical research to predict highland malaria outbreaks in Kenya,Tanzania, and Uganda so local officials can better prepare for them.

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Animal husbandry in Africa: Climate change impacts and adaptations
This paper uses a cross-sectional approach to analyze the impacts of climate change on animal husbandry and the way farmers adapt. The study is based on surveys of almost 5,000 livestock farmers across ten countries in Africa. A traditional Ricardian regression finds that the livestock net revenues of large farms in Africa are more sensitive to temperature than those of small farms. Cross-...
Survival of the fittest: Pastoralism and climate change in East Africa
Climate change is having a destructive impact on many groups around the world. Pastoralists in East Africa have been adapting to climate variability for millennia and their adaptability ought to enable them to cope with this growing challenge. This paper explains the policies required to enable sustainable and productive pastoralist communities to cope with the impact of climate change and...
PAR outcomes Nyakerato in Kenya

The Nyakerato community has water from springs, a shallow well, a protected spring and the gravity scheme which uses an underground pipeline with public taps downhill to increase the number of water users. Many people wish to be supplied from the piped gravity scheme even when they live on higher ground that cannot be reached by the gravity pipelines. This issue has not been addressed...

Community-based ecotourism as a sustainable development option in the Taita Hills, Kenya
This study aims at identifying the existing and potential resources, as well as recognizing the hindrances, for community-based ecotourism development in the Taita Hills in south-eastern Kenya. The indigenous mountain rain forests on the hills are rich in biodiversity, but severely degraded because of encroachment caused by the dynamics of increased population, socio-politics and economics. The...
Community-based ecotourism as a sustainable development option in Taita Taveta, Kenya
The aim of this study is to present a view of the state of the indigenous forests and sacred forests in Taita Hills, in southeast Kenya, and to discuss the possibilities of ecotourism in Taita-Taveta district in preserving these natural-cultural habitats. The concept of ecotourism is defined and the interdependence of the ecological sustainability and the community viability is discussed. The...
Taita Hills biodiversity project report
The Taita Hills Biodiversity Project (THBP) is a collaboration between the National Museums of Kenya (NMK), Kenyatta University (KU) and the University of Antwerp (UA). The Directorate General for International Cooperation (DGIS) (formerly known as the Belgian Administration for Development Co-operation, ABOS) funded the project, through the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR), with input from...
Vegetation zonation and nomenclature of African mountains: An overview
This review provides an overview on the vegetation zonation of a large part of the mountain systems of the African continent. The Atlas and Jebel Marra are discussed as examples for the dry North African Mountains. The Drakensberg range is shown as representative of the mountain systems of Southern Africa. The main focus of the review falls on the Afrotropical mountains: Mt. Kenya, Aberdares,...

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