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Kenya Field Work Summary: June 2011 Arabuko-Sokoke , Tsavo East and Rukinga Ranch

Kenya Field Work Summary: June 2011 Arabuko-Sokoke , Tsavo East and Rukinga Ranch. MSU & UMD: Walter Chomentowski , Chris Justice, Christina Justice, Tatiana Loboda , Dave MacFarlane, Dave Skole , Mike Smalligan KEFRI: Vincent Oeba , Simon Wairungu

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Kenya Field Work Summary: June 2011 Arabuko-Sokoke , Tsavo East and Rukinga Ranch

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  1. Kenya Field Work Summary: June 2011Arabuko-Sokoke, Tsavo East and Rukinga Ranch MSU & UMD: Walter Chomentowski, Chris Justice, Christina Justice, Tatiana Loboda, Dave MacFarlane, Dave Skole, Mike Smalligan KEFRI: Vincent Oeba, Simon Wairungu Wildlife Works: Rob Dodson, MwololoMuasa, Joel Mwandigha ICRAF: Shem Kuyah

  2. Arabuko-Sokoke Coastal Forest Six fixed area plots (1,000 m2) in several forest types

  3. Tsavo East National Park Tree Survey(Canon GSP camera photos displayed on Canon Map Utility)

  4. Wildlife Works Rukinga Ranch REDD Project Notes: 1. MSU did 3 fixed area plots overlapping prior WW plots with a similar but not exact protocol. 2. Wildlife Works general allometry for green weight, 50% dry weight, 50% CF, 0.4 R:S 3. Table below taken from WW Project Design Document.

  5. Wildlife Works General Equation comparable to Brown 97 Dry Forests and CBP

  6. CBP predicts somewhat higher biomass above 42cm DBH

  7. Six 500 m transects to identify and measure trees

  8. Canon GPS Camera converted to geodatabase files in ArcMap

  9. Relationship between DBH and crown diameter in Rukinga(Data collected by Wildlife Works)

  10. Similar R2 for trees in western Kenya(Data collected by MSU)

  11. Lower R2 for multi-stem trees(Data collected by Wildlife Works)

  12. Crown to DBH models are specific to their ecosystems

  13. Growth Rates of Trees at Rukinga Ranch • WW inventory in March of 2009 • MSU inventory of 3 WW plots (14,16,17) in June of 2011

  14. WHRC Carbon Map: Vast areas of Kenya are greater than Zero t/ha AGB (Baccini et al. 2008. A first map of tropical Africa’s above-ground biomass derived from satellite imagery.)

  15. Rukinga Ranch Dry Forests ≠ 0 t/ha AGBRukinga Ranch = 15.8 t/ha AGB (238,668 tonnes C in AGB in 30,168 hectares – 7.9 tC/ha)

  16. Agriculture in Western Kenya ≠ 0 t/haMean of 9 one ha non-forest plots = 33.4 t/ha AGB

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