The
web site of the Flora of Djibouti consists of a searchable database of species
names in Afar, Somali and Latin together with reports and associated data
from a wide variety of sources, some of which are web based. The database
of names is based on the work of Audrun et al. and other material
is based on the fine report by Hilary and George Welch. Sources are
named in the bibliography.
The 2004 expedition
to the Goda Massif searched for the Djibouti Frankolin, a rare partridge
like bird living in these mountains. This was undertaken by Clive
Bealey and Henry Ford with the assistance of Houssein Rayalleh
of the Djibouti Government and Houmet Ali from Bankouale. Three papers were
presented and the 2005 BES meeting. A second expedition in 2006 determined the causes of death of the Juniper forest, and completed the population survey of the Bankouale Palm. Two MSc Projects by Zomo Fisher and Sam Cartwright of Imperial College, London, on the Francolin and the Forest vegetation, are being completed and we have recently won a Darwin Initiative Scoping Award for the conservation of the Forest as an entity. An expedition funded by the International Palm Society and supported by the Djibouti Palace Kempinski Hotel has just brought back seed for distribution to the Millennium Seed Bank and several Botanic Gardens
Errors are HF's and may be reported by sending email to contacts
This covers the 2004 expedition to the Goda Massif in search of the endangered
Djibouti Frankolin. It covers the reports, maps, routes, notes and photographs.
This
contains links to some papers and sites related to forestry and forest resources in Djibouti. I will locate the originals as soon as possible
This
contains links to some papers and sites related to Juniperus procera
and links to climate related changes in similar vegatation types that have occurred
in Arizona and Ethiopia
This
allows you to retrieve all the Afar names, and link to the Latin name from which
you can retrieve all the details.
This
allows you to retrieve all the Somali names, and link to the Latin name from
which you can retrieve all the details.
Taxonomic
data for Juniperus procera
This
takes you to a few references on the climate of Djibouti.
This
allows you to enter a species name and from that name, gather all the data associated
with that species.
The Expedition to the Juniper Cloud Forest March- April 06 funded in part by a British Ecological Society Small Ecological Project Grant and supported by two NGos in Djbouti, Djibouti Nature and Bankouale waas a great success. We put 38 100 sq m quadrats , and collected physical and vegetative data within the dying cloud forest and can report a way forward to saving the remnants of this forest. A start has already been initiated by the villagers of Dai asupported by the French Societe and we hope in further projects we can sustain this initiative
One of the rarest palms in the world, the Bankouale palm is a dramatic feature of the Wadis of the Goda massif. We have reported on its current status and decline and hope to organise funding for its conservation. Photographs are by G,.Conochie and H Ford and the aerial Photographs are thanks to Bernard
The Association Decan is a wildlife conservation project founded by Bertrand LaFrance. Concerned with education, habitat conservation it also supports a captive cheetah breeding programme as well as tottoise and gazelle programmes. A substantial visitor center and observation towers have ben completed, and a clearing programme for the invasiv Prosopis has been started. The2007 report is available from the main menu as a pdf file
During this last year two expeditions visited the area. Zomo Fisher and Sam Cartwright of Imperial College London have completed their MSc projects on the Foret du Dai and the Djibouti Fancolin and Henry Ford and Gavin Conochie collected seed of Livistona carinenses for the Millenium Seed bank and half a dozen Botanical gardens round the world as part of a conservation programme funded by the International Palm Society. Henry and Gavin also completed part of the Darwin Initiative Scoping programme.
The photograph abum of plants is up under flora photos, and links to Zomo and Sams thesis will be up this week. The photographs will be put up under the individual latin names soon, together with the updates of the flora - some 6 species have been added to the list of Djibouti plants.
The Details of the Bankouale Expedition for the Conservation of the Bankouale Palm are here.
