2. DESCRIPTION OF FOREST INVENTORIES/SURVEYS
Country |
KENYA |
Reference year |
2000 |
Title of inventory |
FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENT |
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Type of inventory |
FIELD/AERIAL Field / aerial photos / satellite images /... |
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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 |
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Natural forests |
Yes |
Area by forest formation |
No |
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Plantations |
Yes |
Volume |
No |
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All forests |
Yes |
Biomass |
No |
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Other wooded land |
Forest naturalness |
No |
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Forest biodiversity |
No |
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Forest ownership |
No |
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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) |
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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