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 - Workpackage(s)


Overview   Table of Workpackages E04

Subproject

E04 - Flora and vegetation of rainforests in East Africa - conservation and sustainable use

Workpackage

WP5: Capacity building (PhD students from Kenya and Uganda)

Project leader(s)

Prof. Dr. Eberhard Fischer

Project description

To ensure the continuation of monitoring of Kakamega Forest, and attend to the several collections (medicinal plants, herbarium, ex-situ conservation in Botanical Garden) we have to build up the scientific infrastructure and to support our counterparts. Training and education will support the staff for the herbarium and Botanical Garden. A PostDoc position at the University of Maseno is required for ex-situ conservation programs on diversity of Kakamega Forest at Maseno Botanical Garden (WP 4).Two PhD students from Kenya should work in the project. One of them dealing with ferns should be integrated into the workpackage 1 and financed by the BIOTA project. The other should be financed by the KAAD and work on bryophytes.

Keywords

in preparation !

Contribution to
cross-cutting themes (CCT)
  • Capacity building and information policy at local, national,and international levels (Theme5)

Link to Subproject

 E11