From 23rd if February to 19th March the core fieldwork was conducted within our joint activities of the project BIOCULT together with our partners from Pwani University, Taita Taveta University and Bahir Dar University. Together with our colleagues and students we worked on the following topics in and around Kaya Kambe in the coastal region of Kenya:
The different working packages are presented in the following:
- The cultural relevance of Kaya Kambe
- Use and value of medicinal plants
- Environmental education in schools
- Study on Land use and Land cover change
- Ecosystem functions and services of nature
- Vegetation ecology and biomass
- Insect diversity in tree canopies
- Butterfly communities in and around Kaya Kambe
- Population ecology of butterflies
- Ecology of bird species
