Photo Archive: Tanzania and Kenya
Fire Problems in the Lowland Savannas and Mountain Forests of Tanzania and Kenya
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The increasing occurrence of wildfires in the Kilimanjaro mountain forest has created international attention. The GFMC Photo Archive documents mainly savanna and open forest fire phenomena:
Fig.1. Approaching Mt.Kilimanjaro by survey aircraft at dusk.
Fig.2. Wildfires approaching from the hills surrounding Mt.Kilimanjaro and which represent the transition between the mountain and the lowland savanna ecosystems.
Fig.3-4. Freshly burned “fire scars” are a common feature during the dry season in the savanna-miombo zone South of Mt.Kilimanjaro.
Fig.5. Aerial view of a Tanzanian small village, located in midst of a freshly burned area South of Arusha.
Fig.6. Typical low- to medium-intensity fire in an open tree savanna of Central Kenya.
Fig.7-8. Experimental burning in Lewa Downs, Kenya, September 1997 (see publication below)
Fig.9. Recovering fire behaviour measurement instrumentation after completion of the fire experiment (see publication below)
Fig.10. Aerial view of the experimental fire in Lewa Downs, Kenya, September 1997. The aerial component of the experiment focussed on aerosol emissions. The experiment was coordinated with a satellite overpass for ground validation purposes.
Literature on fire experiments in East Africa: International Forest Fire News (IFFN) on the AFARI-97 and ZIBBEE research projects.
