Forest conservation programs

Kenya, Aberdares, Mt. Elgon and Cherangani. Mathews range and a number of other isolated smaller forests dotted in Kenya form a good percentage of our gazette natural forests.

At the regional level, there are 10 Conservancies; each with one Forest Conservation Committee [FCC] which guides the management of conservancies. The FCCs consist of 10 members, out of whom four members are from community forest associations. Under the conservancies we have ecosystem conservators who manage Zonal Managers on county levels. Forests rank high as some of the most important national assets in terms of economic, environmental, social and cultural values.

More than , households living within a radius of 5 kilometers from the forest reserves depend on forest for cultivating, grazing fishing, fuel food honey herbal medicines, water and other benefits. Sustainable supply of raw materials to the wood industry has been found crucial to protection and conservation of natural forest. The natural forests also act as carbon sinks as well as offering water catchments and biodiversity conservation functions. Lucas, and A. Mannesto G. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.

Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis. Island Press, Washington, DC. Mitchell, R. Obreza, T. Petrolia, D. Moore, and T. Philips, J. Ricci, N. Demers, and A. Sanders, L. Walsh and J.

Shrestha, R. Sutherland, R. Whitehead, J. Characteristics of valuation studies estimating Willingness to Pay WTP for the maintenance or protection of benefits associated with well conserved aquatic resources. Adjusted individual annual WTP values for a water protection program; in dollars. Median household income of respondents as reported by the original study or calculated from US Census data dollars.

Estimated multiple regression model of water protection valuation function dependent variable is natural log of annual value per individual. DOI: doi. General Public. Home Experts Topics. Introduction Forested ecosystems in Florida provide many kinds of ecosystem services, such as recreation, wildlife habitat, and carbon sequestration.

Figure 1. Conceptual model of a meta-analysis model used to determine the statistical relationship among independent variables and the dependent variable willingness-to-pay. Figure 2. Conceptual model of how economic value estimates of program benefits can be transferred to a new site, or the policy site, using a meta-analysis of willingness-to-pay WTP valuation studies.

Table 1. Study Observation per study. Table 2. Table 3. Table 4. List of regions in Florida and counties included in each region. Table 5.

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