Weather data
A large number of automatic weather stations has been implemented in the frame of the BIOTA AFRICA project by the Namibian National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) and the Group "Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology" (BEE) of the University of Hamburg. The website offers hourly updates of data and graphs of a large number of weather parameters.


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BIOTA East Africa - Cross-cutting themes


Overview

CCT - Theme 3

Understanding human use, value and impact in space and time
CCT Description The current state of the agricultural land surrounding the forest will be documented using high-resolution QuickBird satellite imagery. The social and economic needs of the local population will be described to understand the causes of non-sustainable forest use. Improvements for livelihoods around the forest, tools for appropriate land use planning in a participatory way and mechanisms for fair sharing of the resulting benefits will be recommended.
This requires a study of all relevant socio-economic needs of local populations as well at political priorities at regional, national and international levels. There is a great need of mainstreaming economic valuation of forest resources as a tool for decision making in conservation strategies. We will work out models for socio-economical scenarios to evaluate regeneration potential and landscape planning of the agricultural matrix.


E02 - GIS and Remote Sensing in Support of Biodiversity Management at the Landscape Scale for Rainforests in Eastern Africa
Details WP2 Spatial extrapolation of BIOTA-East findings on biodiversity and ecosystem function predominantly over Kakamega Forest, plus interdisciplinary analyses considering spatial information
Details WP3 Identifying structural parameters and modelling socio-economic scenarios for the farmland surrounding Kakamega Forest as well as deriving a detailed up-to-date vegetation map for Kaka-mega Forest as a contribution to forest management
Details WP4 Applying spatial information in participatory forest management and landuse planning for Kakamega Forest and surroundings

E04 - Flora and vegetation of rainforests in East Africa - conservation and sustainable use
Details WP1 GIS-based vegetation mapping of Kakamega and Budongo Forest - Monitoring and assessment of biodiversity
Details WP2 Distribution and abundance of plant species originating from Kakamega Forest in farms and agricultural landscape elements
Details WP3 Medicinal plants of Kakamega and Budongo Forest
Details WP4 Ex-situ conservation of forest plants in Maseno Botanical Garden

E10 - Towards conservation and sustainable use of pollinators
Details WP1 Measures of pollinator conservation and long-term monitoring of bees
Details WP2 Effects of landscape structure and habitat fragmentation on plant-pollinator interactions
Details WP4 The potential of stingless bees and solitary bees as manageable crop pollinators

E11 - Human impact on avian diversity, seed dispersal and regeneration processes of East African rainforests: management tools and recommendations
Details WP1 Ficus-diversity as indicator for biodiversity and ecosystem functioning at different spatial scales
Details WP2 Management for high genetic diversity in Prunus africana: seed dispersers vs. pollinators
Details WP3 Multi-disciplinary analysis of data on biodiversity and ecosystem functions
Details WP4 Tropical farmland – linking socio-economy, land use and bird diversity
Details WP5 Conservation education and outreach to Kenyan partners

E13 - Conservation and Management of Biodiversity for Rural Livelihoods: Developing Sustainable Strategies for Reconciling Stakeholders' Interests in Kakamega Forest
Details WP2 Participatory implementation of experimental extraction and performance payment schemes for sustainable use of forest products
Details WP4 Model-based scenario analysis of agricultural options to increase on-farm biodiversity

E14c - Sustainable Use and Management of Biodiversity for Rural Livelihoods: Economic Development in a Peripheral Region
Details WP1 Defining Extrapolation Domains for Agricultural Technology Options to Enhance Biodiversity in Space and Time

E16 - Ant and termite communities along a habitat degradation gradient: patterns and consequences for ecosystem function
Details WP2 Diversity and abundance of ants and termites along a habitat degradation gradient
Details WP3 Trophic ecology of ants and termites
Details WP4 Ant predation and herbivore-control: from rainforest to intensively used farmland
Details WP5 Use of farmland habitat, temperature tolerance and the survival of ant species in forest fragments
Details WP6 Effects of termite diversity on decomposition rates