Erc 316: Multiple Use Forest Management Question Paper
Erc 316: Multiple Use Forest Management
Course:Bachelor Of Science In Environmental Science
Institution: Kenyatta University question papers
Exam Year:2017
KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2016/2017
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
ERC 316:MULTIPLE USE FOREST MANAGEMENT
DATE: TUESDAY 16TH MAY 2017 TIME:2.00 pm. - 4.00pm.
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer questions ONE and any other THREE
1. a) Explain what ground fire,surface and crown fires mean and give their potential severity of each type of fire to the forest ecosystem (9 marks) b) Differentiate between a forest association and a forest user group (4 marks)
c) State the objectives of managing indigenous forests as given in the forest Act
2005 (5 marks)
d) Distinguish between a forest management agreement and a management plan (5 marks)
e) What is sustainable use of a forest (2 marks)
2 a) You are in charge of a forest station in Mt. Kenya forest and there is a fire outbreak, detail how you would go about containing the fire and give the challenges you might encounter
(10 marks)
b) Speculate on the causes and effects of fire (5 marks)
3 As the chairman of a newly formed forest association,explain to interested members their obligations and benefits. (15 marks)
4 a) Define biodiversity prospecting (3 marks)
b) Using Prunus Africana as an example,explain how bio-prospectors benefit from exploiting indigenous knowledge (12 marks)
5 a) You are a researcher interested in how Kakamega forest adjacent communities use the forest,explain how you will carry out the research work and your likely findings (10 marks)
b) How might this use of forest conflict with forest conflict with forest conservation
(5 marks)
INVOLVEMENT IN ANY EXAMINATION IRREGULARITY SHALL LEAD TO DISCONTINUATION
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