GIS training in Samburu
Category: FoASF staff, General | Date: Jan 30 2009 | By: davidngala
GIS Training in Samburu.
Geographical Information System (GIS) is a conservation tool that is slowly gaining momentum in today’s conservation world. Recently the Ecological Society of Eastern Africa also know as ESEA organized for a GIS training that was held at the Earth Watch Institute in Samburu - Kenya.
Participants at the GIS training.
The training targeted users of GIS in the field in conservation work, its aim was to help users become familiar with the use of GIS as a conservation tool and how to use it in mapping issues of importance in conservation.
Participants are shown how to use a GPS.
Elepehants at Sambur Nature Reserve, where we carried out our field work.
The training drew participants from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. This training gave the participants insight on the of GIS and the use of a GPS as a data entry tool. The FoASF manager, Caroline Lumosi was among the participants who benefited from the training. The new skill gained will be of a valuable resource for FoASF in mapping the illegal activities in the forest.
GIS training participants.
For more information concerning training opportunities with ESEA kindly visit www.ecsea.org
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Finland Geography students visit Arabuko-Sokoke and its environs.
Category: General | Date: Jan 28 2009 | By: davidngala
Finland Geography students visit Arabuko-Sokoke and its environs.
Arabuko-Sokoke recently received students from the University of Helsinki in Finland who were on a tour to learn on the conservation efforts in Arabuko-Sokoke and what can be replicated in Dakacha woodland.
The students in the Forest.
The students are carrying out a study in Taita on impact of community participation on natural resource management. Arabuko-Sokoke area has been taken as a baseline study to evaluate the impacts and outcome of community participation.
Illegal charcoal burning in Dakacha woodlands.
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Bush meat survey in Arabuko-Sokoke forest
Category: Forest surveys, Forest wildlife, Poaching wildlife | Date: Jan 28 2009 | By: davidngala
Bush meat hunting in Arabuko-Sokoke forest is a major problem. Past conservation actions did not fully address the problem hence its recurrence. The most targeted species include Aders duiker, Golden Rumped Sengi, and Sokoke bush tailed mongoose.
Illegal bush meat.
Two past surveys done in October and November, 2006 revealed an alarming situation on the game meat hunting. In just three weeks, 1087 snares were located and destroyed in the nature reserve. To estimate the number of traps in the entire forest may be difficult but there are all indications that there could be thousands of snares and other traps in which hundreds of animals are caught annually.
Local community has low awareness of the impact of their actions, the risk of catching insurable diseases and the legal implications of engaging in Bushmeat practices. Alternative sources of proteins do exist but they either are not aware of them or lack the resources and skills to adopt them.
Just three weeks ago David Ngala and Lucy Kapombe carried out a bush meat survey at the nature reserve in Arabuko-Sokoke forest and they were able to retrieve 113 snares.
David Ngala - facilitating a bushmeat awareness meeting.
With support from KNH-NABU (Birdlife Germany), Nature Kenya together
with the bush meat awareness committee are carrying out a bush meat awareness programme in Arabuko-Sokoke forest and the surrounding communities.
This programme is aimed to create awareness on the negative effects of bushmeat hunting to the community and alternatives the community can use. Bushmeat hunting has led to various health implications such as the Ebola virus, rift valley fever, rabies, yellow fever among others, these infection have jumped from primates to people on at least seven separate occasions in recent history.
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