Biodiversity status and trends in the Eastern Arc Mountains and coastal forests of Kenya and Tanzania region, 2008-2013 /

Abstract

1.0 Introduction and Background 2.0 Approach and Methodology 3.0 Results 3.1 Status and trends 3.1.1 Forest Quality and Health 3.1 .2 Area of different types of forest and degree of fragmentation... 3.1.2.1 Forest area 3.1.2.2 Fragmentation 3.1.3 Presence of endemic and globally threatened species, changes in species IUCN Red List category, changes in site status, and new species descriptions 3.1.3.1 Presence of endemic and globally threatened species 3.1.3.1.1 Amphibians 3.1.3.1.2 Birds 3.1.3.1.4 Mammals 3.1.3.1.5 Plants 3.1 .3.2 Changes in species IUCN Red List category 3.1 .3.3 Changes in site status 3.1 .3.4 New species descriptions 3.1.4 Percentage of area within protected areas 3.1.5 Carbon storage 3.2 Pressure 3.2.1 Impact scores for Kenyan IBAs 3.2.2 Change in extraction intensity of key species 3.2.3 Changes in human population density in wards, divisions in the EACF. 3.2.4 Presence and coverage of invasive species 3.2.5 Fire frequency. 3.3 Response Indicators TABLE OF CONTENTS 3.3.1 Response scores for Kenyan IBAs 40 3.3.2 Changes in forest management effectiveness 41 3.3.3 Actions and research targeting biodiversity 43 3.3.3.1 Amphibians 43 3.3.3.2 Birds 44 3.3.3.3 Mammals 44 3.3.3.4 Plants 45 3.3.4 Policy development (including site, species, and focused issues 45 3.3.5 Number of sites from which benefits accue to local communities... 48 4.0 Conclusions and Recommendations 50 References 53 Appendix 1 : List of a collapsed set of monitoring indicators and tools for aggregating information at the regional level as agreed by stakeholders in the EACF 62 Appendix 2: Habitat use of Long-billed Tailorbird Artisornis moreaui in the East Usambara mountains (Tanzania) 64 Appendix 3: Drifting into extinction: results from the long-term monitoring of Taita apalis Apalis fuscigularis 68 Appendix 4: Inventoried sites in EACF with IBA and KBA status and numbers of listed taxa in 20 1 2 and 20 1 3 ...

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