Mpanga-Site-Visit-Re.. - Cycad Specialist Group
Mpanga-Site-Visit-Re.. - Cycad Specialist Group Mpanga-Site-Visit-Re.. - Cycad Specialist Group
Photo 10. Cycad Nursery Observations 1. Efforts by the contractor to translocate cycads had come to a halt due to intense pressure to complete the dam construction and power generation contract by October 2010 resulting in all personnel working day and night. The Makerere team had also not visited the site for 3 months because the contractor had said that they needed to complete the construction of the canal before they could spare any personnel for cycad replanting. 2. The large area of cycads on the eastern side of the Gorge had been burnt by local landowners apparently as part of their normal farming practice of grass regeneration for their livestock (photo 11) and was commented on strongly by the contractor as a major impact on the cycad population. 3. Cycads in the nursery and those already replanted in the Project area were not all doing well due a certain lack of care and attention. 4. Damage to mature cycads was ongoing as a result of continued project earthworks (blasting) and construction (photo 12).
Photo 11. Local Cow (Ankole) Photo 12. Cycad Damage 5. The actual area of cycads impacted by the construction is probably less than 5% of the total area inhabited by the cycads.
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Photo 10. <strong>Cycad</strong> Nursery<br />
Observations<br />
1. Efforts by the contractor to translocate cycads had come to a halt due to<br />
intense pressure to complete the dam construction and power generation<br />
contract by October 2010 resulting in all personnel working day and night.<br />
The Makerere team had also not visited the site for 3 months because the<br />
contractor had said that they needed to complete the construction of the<br />
canal before they could spare any personnel for cycad replanting.<br />
2. The large area of cycads on the eastern side of the Gorge had been burnt by<br />
local landowners apparently as part of their normal farming practice of grass<br />
regeneration for their livestock (photo 11) and was commented on strongly<br />
by the contractor as a major impact on the cycad population.<br />
3. <strong>Cycad</strong>s in the nursery and those already replanted in the Project area were<br />
not all doing well due a certain lack of care and attention.<br />
4. Damage to mature cycads was ongoing as a result of continued project<br />
earthworks (blasting) and construction (photo 12).
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