Research Article
Soil Fertility in relation to Landscape Position and Land Use/Cover Types: A Case Study of the Lake Kivu Pilot Learning Site
Table 1
Area coverage of the dominant land-use/cover of selected areas of the LK PLS.
| | Microcatchment | Land-use/cover types | 1986/87 | 2009 | | ha | % | ha | % |
| | Gataraga | Tree plantations | 1145.4 | 61.7 | 1003.9 | 54.1 | | Small-scale agriculture | 709.5 | 38.3 | 851.7 | 45.9 |
| | Bufundi | Wetland | 126.5 | 7.7 | 123.2 | 7.5 | | Small-scale agriculture | 1067.1 | 64.6 | 1339.2 | 81.0 | | Woodlot (eucalyptus) | 458.0 | 27.7 | 190.0 | 11.5 |
| | Mupfuni Shanga | Dense moist forest | 47853.4 | 45.5 | 52949 | 50.3 | | Forest/savanna mosaic | 27484.1 | 26.1 | 4216.3 | 4.0 | | Small-scale agriculture | 8338 | 7.9 | 16486 | 15.7 | | Secondary forest | 12600.8 | 12.0 | 22624.8 | 21.5 | | Water | 9011.4 | 8.5 | 9011.4 | 8.5 |
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