MAPPING OF INTENSIFIED LAND USE ON KITOLO LEAD TO
CONSERVATION OF THE ALPINE GRASSLAND AREA
A
change detection of farming on
Kitolo plateau revealed wide-spread land use in area (black: farming areas).
Kitulo plateau
of southern Tanzania is high land
grass
area with many endemic plant species.
This
habitat has very limited distribution in Africa. A change detection analysis
revealed
that 24% of
the area has been affected by
farming
over a 16 yr
period. The result of the study initiated conservation measures
to be
taken for the area which eventually lead to a conservation of the area.
LOVETT, J.C. and PRINS, E. (1994): Estimation of land use changes on Kitulo
plateau of Tanzania using satellite imagery. Oryx. Vol. 28,
No 3.
July 1994.
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