Impact of Water Harvesting on Kabiranyuma Swamp, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Southwest Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorBitariho, Robert
dc.contributor.authorBabaasa, Dennis
dc.contributor.authorKasangaki, Aventino
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-09T12:18:51Z
dc.date.available2022-12-09T12:18:51Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractKabiranyuma swamp is one of the rarest afromontane swamp habitats in Uganda. The swamp is a major source of water for the Kabiranyuma Gravity Water Scheme that supplies water to over 21,000 people around Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. The Institute of Tropical forest Conservation-Ecological Monitoring Programme together with the Development Through Conservation of CARE are monitoring the impact of the water scheme on the ecology of the swamp and sustainability of water extraction from the swamp respectively. Monitoring methods used are vegetation cover monitoring, fauna monitoring and hydrological monitoring. The vegetation cover monitoring was established by putting up a series of Permanent Sample Plots in the swamp to monitor changes in swamp vegetation over time and taking fixed-point photographs from the summit of Mt Gahinga for monitoring changes in swamp area cover. The fauna monitoring was established by carrying out a small mammal inventory within the swamp although successive inventories has not been possible due to insecurity in the park. Hydrological monitoring was established by CARE-DTC putting up a network of hydrological instruments to measure changes in water flows, water depth and rainfall. A probable negative impact of the water scheme on the plant ecology was manifested in a slight increase in Hypericum revolutum seedlings in the swamp. This is an indication that the typical “dryland” plant species may be invading the central swamp area, as is also seen in the fixed-point photographs. The major swamp vegetation is Carex spp that constitutes over 50% vegetation cover and has been constant over a three-year studyen_US
dc.identifier.citationBitariho, R., Babaasa, D., & Kasangaki, A. (2003). Impact of Water Harvesting on Kabiranyuma Swamp, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Southwest Uganda.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6099
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectKabiranyuma swampen_US
dc.subjectMgahinga Gorilla National Parken_US
dc.subjectConservationen_US
dc.titleImpact of Water Harvesting on Kabiranyuma Swamp, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Southwest Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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