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Report on the participatory rural appraisal completed at Kongit sublocation: Kongit location Kaptama division
Kongit sub-location is found in Kaptama division of Mt. Elgon district, about 5 km northeast of Kapsokwony district headquarters. It is reached by driving on an all-weather gravel road, which turns onto a poor seasonal feeder road system, impassable during the wet season. The sub-location borders the Mt. Elgon Forest Reserve to the north and northwest. The area rises to an elevation of 2,200 m...
Report on the participatory rural appraisal completed at Kamtyong sub location: Elgon location Kapsokwony Division
Kamtyong is one of the smallest sub-locations in Mt. Elgon District. It was carved out of the Kibuk sub-location. Its inhabitants are mainly Sabaot, Teso, Bukusu and, to a smaller extent, Luo. The Sabaot are indigenous to the area whereas the rest of the communities are immigrants. The only time of unrest was during the infamous tribal clashes of 1991-92. All the communities now live in harmony...
Community initiatives and individual action on and around Mount Kenya National Park

Mount Kenya is situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya. The national park includes all land above 10,500 feet (3,200m) and two salient, Sirimon and Naro Moru, which reach further down. The park is 715 km2 and it was gazetted a national park in 1949. The surrounding forest reserves add another 1,820 km2 of protected area, making Mount Kenya the largest area of natural forest in the country....

Aerial photography and land cover mapping of Mt Elgon: Technical report
Mt Elgon Integrated Conservation and Development Project commissioned aerial photography of the 215,570 ha project area in March 1999. From these photographs, digital maps of land cover on Mt Elgon were produced in collaboration with Kenya Wildlife Service, the Forest Department and Photomap (Kenya) Limited. Summary statistics of land cover on Mt Elgon in 1999 were derived from these maps....
External evaluation: Mount Elgon Integrated Conservation and Development Project (MEICDP)

This report is based on the external evaluation of the Mount Elgon Integrated Conservation and Development Project carried out from 29 January to 16 February 2001 by a team of three independent consultants. The evaluation included interviews at the national level and a field visit to the project area of nine days. The report explores the context in which the project is carried out, and...

Use of an ecohydrology model to predict the impact on the Serengeti ecosystem of deforestation, irrigation and the proposed Amala Weir Water Diversion Project in Kenya

The Mara River catchment is the dry weather refuge for more than one million migrating wildebeest and zebras of the Serengeti ecosystem. The river flow is affected by developments in Kenya, including deforestation and water diversion for irrigation and the proposed Ewaso Ng'iro (South) Hydropower Project. An ecohydrology model was used to predict the likely impact of these developments on the...

The Montane ecosystems: Characteristics and conservation

The purpose of this paper is to explain to all who love the mountains the different bands of vegetation that characterise the mountain as one climbs to the top. There may be those who see the mountains as one mass of plants species mixed in helter skelter fashion.  In addition, the author aims to explain the species adaptation to various montane ecosystem zones and explain the values of...

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