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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