CONSERVATION OF MOUNT KILUM
his is a large project occupying a fairly small
area (11,500 hectares). It focuses on an area of biologically
important montane forest with very high human population densities.
Almost 100,000 people farm the slopes around the mountain below
Mount Oku and rely on the forest for fuelwood, building materials,
medicine, honey and other forest produce.
The project has established a soil conservation programme,
and individual and community tree nurseries. It has demarcated
most of the proposed protected area boundary, surveyed and mapped
the forest boundary, and established community forest patrols.
The project has also developed and established forestbased
industries, including the setting up of a local craft papermaking
industry using bark from a forest edge tree Lasiosyphon glauca.
A grazier's cooperative has also been established.
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