Forest Products, Livelihoods and Conservation

146 Potential for development and conservation of Dacryodes edulis southeasten Nigeria. In: Okogie, J.A. and Okali, D.U.U. (eds. ...

Hassan Gbadebo Adewusi 147 Omaliko, C.P.E., Ladipo, D.O., Sarumi, M.B., Adewusi, H.G., Adebisi, A.A., Okeke, A.I. and Asiegbu, J ...

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Chapter 9 The woodcarving industry in Kenya Simon Kosgei Choge^1 ABSTRACT Woodcarving provides one of the most important uses of ...

150 The woodcarving industry in Kenya dependants (Obunga unpublished). The growth of the industry is strongly correlated to the ...

Simon Kosgei Choge 151 STUDY AREA The case study area is the region between Kilifi and Malindi districts, around Arabuko Sokoke ...

152 The woodcarving industry in Kenya Figure 1. Map of the case study area Source: ESRI Data and Maps 2002. 09woodcarving.p65 15 ...

Simon Kosgei Choge 153 THE RESOURCE BASE Brachylaena huillensis Arabuko Sokoke Forest Reserve is the main source of Brachylaena ...

154 The woodcarving industry in Kenya conditions, seed germination is enhanced under conditions with little or no forest floor l ...

Simon Kosgei Choge 155 The initial popularity of Azadirachta indica in Kenya was largely due to its curative attributes, hence t ...

156 The woodcarving industry in Kenya The different niches of the carving market are therefore easily met by different members w ...

Simon Kosgei Choge 157 The distribution of costs was found to be the cost of wood (30%), splitting and cross-cutting of wood (5% ...

158 The woodcarving industry in Kenya Figure 2. Carving wood prices and other charges for Brachylaena huillensis and Azadirachta ...

Simon Kosgei Choge 159 Forest and tree resource exploitation in Kenya is subject to various state laws and policies, including P ...

160 The woodcarving industry in Kenya Year 1957 1962 1962 1968 1970 1970 1976 1980 1981 1986 1990 1994 Legislation First forest ...

Simon Kosgei Choge 161 Figure 3. Responses to scarcity of carving wood in Kenya 09woodcarving.p65 161 22/12/2004, 11:05 ...

162 The woodcarving industry in Kenya adulterated carvings, cracking and making of smaller sized products among other workaround ...

Simon Kosgei Choge 163 shortage of specialised hardwoods from the tropics as a result of overharvesting (Sharman 1992; Barbier a ...

164 The woodcarving industry in Kenya Carvers should be encouraged to make fewer products of higher quality and use less wood i ...

Simon Kosgei Choge 165 development at woodcarving co-operative premises. The idea behind tree nurseries is to encourage carvers ...