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The Northern Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets are a tropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands ecoregion in eastern Africa. The ecoregion is mostly located in Kenya, extending north into southeastern South Sudan, northeastern Uganda and southwestern Ethiopia and south into Tanzania along the Kenya-Tanzania border.
Kakamega Forest is a tropical rainforest situated in the Kakamega, Vihiga, and Nandi counties of Kenya, northwest of the capital Nairobi, and near the border with Uganda. It is Kenya 's only tropical rainforest and is said to be Kenya's last remnant of the ancient Guineo-Congolian rainforest that once spanned the continent.
The reserve is categorized as a Category IV protected area by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), indicating its significance for the preservation of biological diversity and the protection of ecosystems. [1] [2] The forest reserve is situated in Central Uganda and is protected by the National Forestry Authority under the ...
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The largest bamboo stands are on Mount Kenya (39,000 ha), Kenya's Aberdare Range (65000 ha) and Mau Escarpment (51000 ha) and Mount Meru. [5] Afromontane moist transitional forest is found at lower elevations, and contains a mixture of Afromontane and non-Afromontane tree species. [3]
The following is a list of ecoregions in Kenya, ... East African montane forests; ... 10.1641/B570707.
In Somalia and Kenya, scrub forest grows in a band between coastal forests and the drier bushlands of the interior. [1] It is also found near the coast in Kenya and Tanzania, often on coral rag. [1] [3] Swamp forest grows in limited areas in the coastal lowlands, often inland from coastal mangroves and exending along the lower reaches of rivers.
The Uganda Protectorate administration gazetted its side of Mount Elgon a Forest Reserve, managed by the Forestry Department, in 1929. In 1937, the boundary survey was completed but parcels were repeatedly degazetted to provide land for local residents. In 1940, the area became the Mount Elgon Crown Forest and in 1951 a Central Forest Reserve. [7]