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2. DESCRIPTION OF FOREST INVENTORIES/SURVEYS

Country

KENYA

Reference year

2000

Title of inventory

FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENT

Type of inventory

FIELD/AERIAL Field / aerial photos / satellite images /...

Reporting level

National and sub-national

Brief summary of methodologies used

Inventory concentrated on potentially productive forest areas identified through aerial photography interpretation of 1:25,000 panchromatic photography Plots were located by Simple Random Sampling method without replacement the appropriate number of plot locations being determined by generation of random UTM co-ordinates using computer programmes developed by different projects from where information was retrieved. Actual identification of plots on the ground was done using a combination of traditional surveying methods and satellite navigation systems either by GPS or any other navigation equipment.

2.1. Vegetation types included

yes/no

Additional information included

yes/no

Natural forests

Yes

Area by forest formation

No

Plantations

Yes

Volume

No

All forests

Yes

Biomass

No

Other wooded land

Forest naturalness

No

Forest biodiversity

No

Forest ownership

No

Wood supply potential

No

Remarks

Some of the above information was collected during the inventory but only for selected forests but was not projected for the whole country but to only those pockets of forests with high biodiversity value and faced threats from other land use activities.

 

Reliability class

2

 

1=high 2=medium 3=low

2.2. Area of woody vegetation according to national classification

 

Forest and other woody vegetation types

(country classification)

Area

(000 ha)

1 Indigenous Forests

1,295

2 Woodlands/bushlands

3,7425

3 Farmlands/settlements

9,720

4 Forest Plantations

148

Subtotal of country classes corresponding with FRA 2000 forest and other wooded land

48,588

Subtotal other land

-

Total land area

48,588

Comments:

Trees under plantations and other trees found on farmlands and settlements are not considered in the FRA2000 classification.

The area under woodlands and bushlands can further be split into wooded land, wooded grassland bushlands and grassland land comprising of 3.7 % woodland, 18.5% wooded grassland, 42.1 % bushlands and 2.1 % grassland. (KIFCON 1995)

2.3. Comparability between country classification and FRA 2000 classification

 

 

Forest and other woody vegetation types

(country classification)

Corresponding FAR 2000 classes

Indigenous Forests including Mangroves

Closed Forest

Woodlands/bushlands/Wooded grasslands.

Open Forest

Forest Plantations

-

Farmlands/settlements

Forest fallow

Reference year: 1995

Note: Open and closed forests make up "natural forest" shrub and forest fallow makes up "other wooded land"

Comments:

The FAR 2000 classification does not recognise tree growing on farmlands and hence classifying trees on farmlands as forest fallow. These are small pockets of woodlots planted either sequentially or randomly for purposes of either domestic consumption or self-income for the farmer. (KFMP Pg 25)

2.5. Area of natural forests and other wooded land according to FAR 2000 classification

 

Natural forests

Other wooded land (OWL)

Name of Geographic Unit

Closed forests

Open forests

Total

Natural

Forests

Plantations

(shrub)

Forest

fallow

Total OWL

1. NATIONAL

1,295

37,425

38,720

148

9,720

9,868

Total Country

-

-

-

-

-

48,588

Reference year: 1995-Area in 000ha

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