Tana Delta Irrigation Project, Kenya: An Environmental Assessment
Tana Delta Irrigation Project, Kenya: An Environmental Assessment
Tana Delta Irrigation Project, Kenya: An Environmental Assessment
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Rehabilitation of the <strong>Tana</strong> <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>Irrigation</strong> <strong>Project</strong>, <strong>Kenya</strong>: <strong>An</strong> <strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>.<br />
RECOMMENDATIONS<br />
Awareness<br />
As stated above, there is an urgent need to ensure that the local communities are fully aware<br />
of the conservation importance of these forests and the steps that donors are prepared to<br />
take to increase their participation and benefit from a conservation agenda. It is understood<br />
that EAWLS and CEPF are already designing/implementing such an awareness programme.<br />
Nurseries<br />
The TARDA tree nursery has not been a success (Glenday, pers. comm.), largely due to<br />
inappropriate species selection and inadequate understanding of local soil types and water<br />
table variability. Trial plots should have been set up in 1989 and monitored. There is<br />
insufficient time available to delay rehabilitation until such data is produced, however a<br />
concurrent monitoring of successes and failures can be used to modify the proposed<br />
programme on a regular ‘feed-back’ basis. The following indigenous species are a bare<br />
minimum of those that should be seed-sourced, wildling-sourced or vegetatively propagated<br />
and planted from the outset of the rehabilitation project:<br />
SPECIES FAMILY Local Name/Comment<br />
Lannea schweinfurthii (Engl.) Engl. var <strong>An</strong>acardiaceae MHANDARAKU*<br />
stuhlmannii (Engl.) Kokwaro<br />
Sorindeia madagascariensis DC. <strong>An</strong>acardiaceae MWAMBEMBE,<br />
MNYAMBEMBE<br />
Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth. Bignoniaceae M'BWOKA<br />
Cordia goetzei Guerke Boraginaceae MDOKO<br />
Cassia abbreviata Oliv. Ssp beareana (Holmes)<br />
Brenan<br />
Caesalpiniaceae<br />
(Leguminosae)<br />
Cynometra lukei Beentje<br />
Caesalpiniaceae MKUNUMBI, MPAKATA<br />
(Leguminosae)<br />
Oxystigma msoo Harms<br />
Caesalpiniaceae MTSO, MCHO?<br />
(Leguminosae)<br />
Tamarindus indica L.<br />
Caesalpiniaceae MKWAYU<br />
(Leguminosae)<br />
Pteleopsis tetraptera Wickens Combretaceae MKURUBO BARA<br />
Diospyros abyssinica (Hiern) F.White ssp<br />
abyssinica<br />
Diospyros bussei Guerke<br />
Ebenaceae<br />
Ebenaceae<br />
MUYUHI<br />
Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh. Ebenaceae MUNYIZA, MNYIZA<br />
Diospyros kabuyeana F.White<br />
Ebenaceae<br />
Diospyros mespiliformis A.DC. Ebenaceae MKURU<br />
Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill. Euphorbiaceae MKULOTSO<br />
Drypetes natalensis (Harv.) Hutch. var leiogyna Euphorbiaceae<br />
Brenan<br />
Spirostachys venenifera (Pax) Pax Euphorbiaceae MCHALAKA, MTSAKA<br />
Garcinia livingstonei T.<strong>An</strong>derson<br />
Guttiferae (Clusiaceae) MCHOCHOZI, MPEKETSO.<br />
FRTS, UJI<br />
Strychnos mitis S.Moore Loganiaceae MUWARE<br />
Ekebergia capensis Sparrm.<br />
Meliaceae<br />
Trichilia emetica Vahl Meliaceae MUWAHI*<br />
Acacia robusta Burch. Ssp usambarensis Mimosaceae<br />
MUNGA. CHARCOAL<br />
(Taub.) Brenan<br />
(Leguminosae)<br />
Acacia rovumae Oliv.<br />
Mimosaceae<br />
MUNGA NGOWE*<br />
(Leguminosae)<br />
Albizia glaberrima (Schumach. & Thonn.) Benth. Mimosaceae<br />
MPHUMPE,<br />
var glabrescens (Oliv.) Brenan<br />
(Leguminosae) MSADSASUMBII. CANOES<br />
Newtonia erlangeri (Harms) Brenan<br />
Mimosaceae<br />
MUKAMI. CHARCOAL<br />
(Leguminosae)<br />
Ficus bubu Warb.<br />
Moraceae<br />
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