PAWAR at Mt. Kabobo

Objectives

  • To satisfy the overarching goal of the WHRC and its collaborators with respect to the PAWAR project in general and Mt. Kabobo in particular: to allow better management of the Albertine Rift’s network of protected areas by identifying the location of active deforestation, as well as by aiding predictions of potential future threats.
  • To work with the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) to protect remaining populations of megafauna, as well as threatened timber and other forest species within the Park.

Products

  • Remotely-sensed image comprised of eleven Aster tiles in three swaths taken in 2004 and 2006.  This image can be used to detect vegetation density as well as landforms, and delineates the most recently updated boundary of the newly gazette Itombwe Reserve.
  • An indexed map series that divides the Itombwe Massif into 84 grids at a scale of 1:50,000.  These maps will be used by researchers and managers to design transects and conduct surveys in order to gather data on vegetation, fauna, signs of disturbance, and other vital characteristics of the landscape. 

A map showing the proposed boundary of a protected area centered around Mt. Kabobo on the western edge of Lake Tanganyika (displayed in blue in the underlying image). Green areas are remaining forests, while purples represented deforestation land.