Efforts to manage forests continue to be enhanced equally as emergence of investments in community livelihoods whose benefits are inequitable. The study concludes that, though not cheap, pfm is a tool that can help the arabuko sokoke forest win the support of the adjacent local communities. More than 230 bird species have been recorded including nine globally threatened species. Boots on the ground friends of arabukosokoke forest. Conservation of biodiversity in the arabuko sokoke forest.
We used a bat attitude questionnaire baq to investigate attitudes toward bats in people n 394 living around arabuko sokoke forest asf, kenya. Arabuko sokoke forest has been ranked by birdlife international as the second most important forest for bird conservation on mainland africa and is part of the east african coastal forests endemic bird area. Knowledge and perceptions of, and attitudes to, bats by. The forest benefits exceed costs in pfm zones but the forest is a cost in nonpfm zones, and costs and benefits reduce with distance from forest edge. There is a significant gap in the current literature regarding the extent. Arabuko sokoke forest reserve is a 420 km2 coastal forest in kenya managed by kenya forest service kfs. For those not familiar with this key biodiversity hotspot, arabuko sokoke forest is one of the largest stretches of coastal dry forest remaining in eastern africa. Plot and plotless techniques were used to gather ecological data on frequency, density, diversity and distribution of plants in the arabuko sokoke forest.
Media in category arabuko sokoke forest reserve the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Within the arabuko sokoke forest, it has been recorded from all forest habitats, although it seems to prefer. Prepared by the arabuko sokoke forest management team strategic. The sokoke pipit is found only in a few coastal forests in kenya and tanzania. Arabukosokoke forest reserve is a 420 km2 coastal forest in kenya managed by kenya forest service kfs. Kenyans have already had speculations that a prominent person is planning to grab land within the forest. The lack of clear differentiation in the eacf is a very defining characteristic. Arabuko sokoke forest plant list this list of plant species was compiled from various sources. This paper uses suchan approach to assess the net value of the arabuko sokoke forest in kenya. Estimates of the economic benefits associated with the forest derived by local and global populations.
Pdf biodiversity monitoring is essential for effective conservation and sustainable management of forests. Kenyas magical forest the arabuko sokoke africa geographic. But enter the forest and discover a world apart from the beaches and reefs. The two main problems confronting the conservation and management of forests are.
This fascinating forest wilderness is nestled beside the beaches of watamu, just minutes from the waters of the indian ocean. The study concludes that, though not cheap, pfm is a tool that can help the arabukosokoke forest win the support of the adjacent local communities. Peter kagwanja a research project submitted in partial fulfillment of the degree of master of arts in international studies october 2016. Arabuko sokoke forest strategic management plan 20022027. Sokoke pipit in arabukosokoke forest, photographed by tasso leventis. Arabukosokoke forest management team february, 2002 arabukosokoke strategic forest management plan, 20022027. Kenya forest has six forest associations with mefecap being very well.
Kfs, police seize 300 bags of charcoal in crackdown. A checklist of plants of arabukosokoke forest, kenya, 2019. A checklist of plants of arabukosokoke forest, kenya, 2019 gbif. Rapid decline and shift in the future distribution predicted. Use of traditional values in search for conservation goals. Arabuko sokoke forest 3 o 20 s, 39 55 e covers an area of 372 km2. Land cover change detection around arabuko sokoke forest. Arabuko sokoke forest kilifi, kenya doreen katwai r52751152014 supervisor. The 1 km2 patch was selected based on availability of suitable roads and tracks that facilitated the making. Mar 01, 2003 read snail diversity, abundance and distribution in arabuko sokoke forest, kenya, african journal of ecology on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Prior to joining us he was manager and finance director of arabuko jamii villas, an ecolodge established and run by arabuko sokoke forest adjacent dwellers association asfada, where he has worked and been a member since 20. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Arabukosokoke forest birdlife data zone birdlife international.
Introduction arabuko sokoke forest asf is recognized as one of the worlds highest conservation priorities due to its high levels of endemism and rarity of plant and animal species, and because of the current threats facing its survival. Applying sustainability and ethics in forest management. Prepared by the arabukosokoke forest management team strategic. In light of this, a study was conducted in arabuko sokoke forest asf to collect baseline data as a benchmark for long term monitoring of changes in flora and fauna due to degradation and climate. Aug 04, 2019 arabuko sokoke forest pdf with a size of km2 arabukosokoke forest is the largest remaining section of dry coastal forest found in eastern and southern africa. Most of the forest associations 11 are located within the mau forest ecosystem, which is the most important catchment for lake victoria.
Entry tickets are purchased at the entry gate via mpesa. Alina schurmann from martinlutheruniversity hallewittenberg mlu, together with timothy xx, conducted her master thesis on landcover changes around arabuko sokoke forest. Kenyas important bird areas status and trends, 2007 contents asfga arabuko sokoke forest guides association bi birdlife international cbd convention on biological diversity cdf community development fund cdtfcef community development trust fund community environmental fund cepf critical ecosystem partnership fund. It is the last remaining indigenous forest in kenya, which once extended in a mosaic of grassland and forest from southern somalia to northern mozambique birdlife, 2000. Bushpigs, aardvarks, and primates comprise 95% of the harvested biomass, but the main prey in terms of number of. Paper presented at the gede forest station, kenya with financial support from european union, tropical forest budget line, contract b750419507vii. Usaid natural resource management and development portal. Belief in myths seemed to prevail among those surveyed and that these myths were significantly associated with low. The study also analysed marketing channels for the traded herbal species and challenges in the trade. Menengai forest arabukosokoke forest, kenya karura forest ngong hills forest ngare ndare forest mt kenya forest reserve.
Analysis of benefits set against the cost of preserving the forest to the kenyan forest department. We assessed the potential impact of changes in future climate on this species using predictive niche modelling. Kenya forest service is a corporate body established under the forest conservation and management act no 34 of 2016 henceforth referred to as the act. Foasf progress report april 2018 friends of arabuko. The impact of participatory forest management on local.
Vegetation structure and composition of arabuko sokoke forest, kenya arabukosokoke forest, a beautiful ful regeneration in the disturbed forest turbed. Conservation and society the impact of participatory forest. Coastal forest is now limited to a few small areas, of which the arabuko sokoke forest is the largest remnant. Forest user rights are accessed through pfmps and formalised through fmas. A lifetime student of arabuko sokoke, david, appears to be as much a part of the forest as he is human. Thomas a thesis presented to the department of geography and the graduate school of the university of oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of arts june 20. Conservation of biodiversity in the arabuko sokoke forest, kenya. The arabuko sokoke forest reserve is located on the coast of kenya, 110 km north of. The arabuko sokoke forest provides a perfect opportunity to study forest edges and how animals use this disturbed space because it is almost. Arabukosokoke forest plant list this list of plant species was compiled from various sources. Pdf vegetation structure and composition of arabukosokoke. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The surrounding community would hack down trees to get wood for construction.
It is also possible to use multiplot layout, but i think it is not yet in a satisfactory level. The eastern arc coastal forests arabukosokoke forest and. Arabukosokoke forest has been ranked by birdlife international as the second most important forest for bird conservation on mainland africa and is part of the east african coastal forests endemic bird area. Participatory forest management and actor role dependency in arabuko sokoke forest reserve, kenya by christopher m. John is a certified accountant cpa i and ii working part time with dabaso tujengane, with a local business and ecomoyo school. Arabuko sokoke forest pdf with a size of km2 arabuko sokoke forest is the largest remaining section of dry coastal forest found in eastern and southern africa. The arabuko sokoke forest is a remnant of the east african coastal forests. Pdf conservation of biodiversity in the arabuko sokoke. Pfm is being developed within a framework of nonextractive forest use. Cambridge international examinations cambridge international.
The objective of this paper is to examine the current institutional arrangements for governance of the arabuko sokoke forest reserve asfr and show their major contribution in the asfr comanagement business of conserving the forest and providing livelihoods to the poor forest dependent communities. Nymphalid butterflies of arabuko sokoke forest request pdf. Assessment of plant diversity and utilization of wild. Our guide is david ngala but to call him a guide is to do him a disservice. The sokoke is recognized by four major cat pedigree registry organizations as a standardised cat breed.
This provides an incentive for their participation in the conservation of a forest with high biodiversity and endemism. North of mombasa is the coastal forest of arabuko sokoke. Assessing the relationship between land tenure issues and. Several studies have been conducted on the implementation of co management of forests. In the context of the ongoing debate over the kinds of rules that are appropriate for the sustainable management of commonpool resources cprs, this paper examines the local rules and their enforcement emerging from comanagement between government agencies and local project communities in arabukosokoke forest reserve asfr, kenyas.
Its population was estimated at not more than 2,0004,000 mature individuals in the early 1980s, and there has not been a more recent assessment. Bat activity in the interior of arabuko sokoke forest and adjacent farmlands in kenya. The arabuko sokoke national park, situated at the northwestern edge of the arabuko sokoke forest reserve, is only a few square kilometres in size and constitutes only a small portion of the latter. In this 400 sq km reserve there is an untold wealth of natural beauty. It is the largest and most intact coastal forest in east africa, with 20% of kenyas bird species, 30% butterfly species and at least 24 rare and endemic bird, mammal and butterfly species. The high number and diversity of species and the close commingling and complicated patchwork of the forests make it difficult to identify individual dominant elements. The benefits from integrated development activities mostly outside the forest pfm in the kenyan context has the potential of contributing to poverty reduction and improved forest management but the initial establishment costs are very high.
Arabuko sokoke forest was fast becoming barren ground. The project promotes conservation by creating incomegenerating opportunities from forest butterflies. It is also important to carry drinking water, binoculars, camera and wildlife books especially for birds and butterflies in addition to picnic and camping equipment in case one intends to stay overnight. A vital resource for local communities, it also forms part of the eastern. We have mounted a 24hour surveillance on arabuko sokoke forest in conjunction with other stakeholders like nature kenya, kenya wildlife services and the police to ensure the expansive forest. They are most often seen in arabukosokoke forest and dakatcha woodland ibas. Theeconomic benefits associated with the forest derived by local and globalpopulations are estimated by combining evidence from existing studies and theresults of a. Since its discovery in 1965 ripley, 1966, two additional subpopulations were discovered. Boots on the ground the friends have received funding to carry out patrols and help heighten the security of the forest.
Mar 04, 2015 a good example of the potential risk was recently demonstrated in relation to arabuko sokoke forest in kilifi county, which falls within the larger kwalekilifi landscape of kenya. Kipepeo swahili for butterfly is a community based enterprise that supports the livelihoods of people living around arabuko sokoke forest in coastal kenya, east africa. Exploitation of natural resources and international. A new population of the critically endangered aders duiker. Arabuko sokoke forest management and conservation project. Kenyas important bird areas birdlife international. This is a temporary file and hence do not link it from a website, instead link the url of this page if you wish to link the pdf file. Arabuko sokoke forest pdf with a size of km2 arabukosokoke forest is the largest remaining section of dry coastal forest found in eastern and southern africa. The impact of participatory forest management on local community livelihoods in the arabuko sokoke forest, kenya. View that the costs of forest conservation outweigh the. Population status of sokoke scops owls otus ireneae in the. Making participatory forest management work in kenya. Most pipits live in grassland or open ground, but sokoke pipits prefer the forest. It is one of the last remnant indigenous forests in kenya, the largest and most intact coastal forest in east africa, and by far the largest remnant of the forests that once.
The arabuko sokoke forest is the last large remnant of the northcoast forests that once dominated kenyas coastline. Simon musila, robert syingi, nathan gichuki, ivan castroarellano. Pdf biodiversity status of arabuko sokoke forest, kenya. Applying sustainability and ethics in forest management and. Arabuko sokoke forest reserve has a 25 year strategic plan, station based pfmp and has signed forest management agreements fmas with kfs hence providing an avenue for sustainable forest utilization through user groups that have formed a cfa kfs, 2009 in each station. Arabuko sokoke forest which stands on a 420 square kilometer piece of land in kilifi county and is home for many wild animals, is facing destruction by the 10,000 residents living near it. The bonidodori forest, the largest kenyan coastal forest, with a potential forest and thicket area of at. Njoroge and others published nymphalid butterflies of arabuko sokoke forest find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Local rules and their enforcement in the arabukosokoke. Focuses on an approach to provide a rationale for rainforest conservation to assess the net value of the arabuko sokoke forest in kenya.
John is the coauthor of the bestselling field guide to birds of east africa and head of policy and advocacy for. Kenya wildlife service, national museums of kenya and the kenya forest research institute and is one of the better protected forests in kenya. The harvested biomass in 1991 was over 350 kgkm 2, and the economic value of the harvest was over 1. Birding the arabukosokoke forest area, kenya, 23rd24th sept. The arrangement brings together these two institutions with the kenya forestry research institute and the national museums of kenya. Sep 06, 2019 arabuko sokoke forest pdf the current public version of gnuplot is gnuplot the horizontal axis is the type of points, and the vertical axis is the type of lines. In may and june we carried out three patrols employing seven members of the community over 21 days. Aug, 2014 i find myself on just such a road, through the arabuko sokoke forest of the central kenyan coastline. A new population of the critically endangered aders duiker cephalophus adersi confirmed from northern coastal kenya volume 45 issue 3 samuel a. Although the coastal forests in kenya are highly threatened by human activities, limited bat research has been undertaken in them or the humanmodified habitats around them. Sokoke forest, kenya, provide an important source of protein and income for local communities.
It covers about 420 km2 and spans two districts kilifi and malindi of the coast. Arabuko sokoke is one of the most protected forests in kenya because its heritage being managed by the kenya forest service, kenya wildlife service, national museums of kenya and the kenya forest research institute. This study was conducted in a 1 km 2 patch within the 99 km large cynometra woodland in the northern part of the forest. Sokoke pipit in arabuko sokoke forest, photographed by tasso leventis. Snail diversity, abundance and distribution in arabuko sokoke. This is followed by the arabuko sokoke forest ecosystem which has seven forest associations with asfada being the most prominent. Pdf on sep 28, 2017, chemuku wekesa and others published biodiversity status of arabuko sokoke forest, kenya find, read and cite all. Simon musila,robert syingi, nathan gichuki, ivan castroarellano. Arabuko sokoke forest cover survey 2006 report 1 i.
An evaluation of the implementation of the arabukosokoke forest. Birding the arabukosokoke forest area, kenya, 23rd24th. Video arabuko sokoke forest on fire cyprian is nyakundi. Tasi neebe sustenta ita the sea that sustains us is a film by usaidtimorleste that serves as a celebration of the marine environment around east timor, its beauty, diversity and sustaining power for people here. The impact of participatory forest management on local community livelihoods in the arabukosokoke forest, kenya. The act which was operationalized on 31st march 2017, gave the. Pdf on sep 28, 2017, chemuku wekesa and others published biodiversity status of arabuko sokoke forest, kenya find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Friends of arabuko sokoke forest po box 925, malindi 80200, kenya birdlife international foasf were fortunate to have a visit from an old friend and operative in the arabuko sokoke forest, john fanshawe. Somalia border, and the arabuko sokoke forest west of the tana river, the goldenrumped sengi rhynchocyon chrysopygus appears to be limited to the arabuko sokoke area, while the giant sengi in the bonidodori forest is different. One such species is the globally endangered sokoke scops owl otus ireneae that currently survives in just two or three small pockets of forest in coastal kenya and northeastern tanzania. The arabuko sokoke forest reserve is located on the coast of kenya, 110 km north of mombasa and is protected as a national forest reserve. The forest is managed jointly by the forest service and the kenya wildlife service under a memorandum of agreement, through the arabukosokoke forest management team asfmt.
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