THE UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG

List of Tables
Table 6.1 Sample characteristics 127
Table 6.2 Age of respondents participating in the survey 128
Table 6.3 Education of respondents participating in the survey 130
Table 6.4 Varying perceptions of local biodiversity in Kakamega 130
Table 6.5 Respondents named after animal species 134
Table 6.6 Why persons are named after different animal species. 135
Table 6.7 Responses regarding protection of cherished plants in Kakamega 148
Table 6.8 Individual responses regarding treatment condemned plants. 149
Table 6.9 Custodians of local knowledge 152
Table 6.10 Respondents perceptions of custodians of knowledge. 153
Table 7.1 Why people visited sacred places in Kakamega Forest 165
Table 7.2 How information about sacred places is transferred 165
Table 7.3 Transfer of local ecological knowledge in Sacred Places 167
Table 7.4 Why Respondents got plant species from sacred places 168
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