Kenya Indigenous Forest Conservation Programme | Kakamega forest vegetation survey
1992
Mutangah, J. G. | Mwangangi, O. | Mwaura, P. K. | Shem, O. M. | Abiero, Lydia | Karanja, Milcah
This is a report by the Kenya Indigenous Forest Conservation Programme on a survey done on the Kakamega forest vegetation. Three vegetation types characterize Kakamega forest: the forest, relatively small forest glades and large open grasslands. The open grasslands are those areas under heavy human pressure, where forest workers were allowed to cultivate and graze many cattle. When the government stopped forest cultivation the grasslands were abandoned and for the last ten years they have been recovering from the previous severe human disturbance. The present survey aims to provide quantitative data on species composition, diversity and structure, and attempts to interpret how these vegetation parameters are directly related to the various forms of human disturbance prevailing in the forest. The survey is also interested in monitoring the regeneration dynamics of the timber-producing tree species, and plant uses especially by the local people.
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