James G. Kairo
Laboratory of General Botany and Nature ManagementPhD in Science (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium), 2001
MSc in Botany (University of Nairobi, Kenya), 1995
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James G. KairoLaboratory of General Botany and Nature ManagementPhD in Science (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium), 2001 MSc in Botany (University of Nairobi, Kenya), 1995 |
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James Gitundu Kairo initiated his university career at the University of Nairobi and graduated his M.Sc.in 1995 with a thesis on the 'Artificial regeneration and sustainable yield management of mangrove forests in Gazi Bay (Kenya)' under supervision of Prof. Dirk Van Speybroeck. Ever since, he worked as a principal research officer for the Kenyan Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) in Mombasa on the same topic. In 1996 he started his Ph.D. with Prof. Dr. Nico Koedam as his promoter and focused on mangrove regeneration, restoration and management. His study sites covered different Kenyan mangrove forests anthropogenically disturbed to various extents such as in Kiunga Marine National Reserve, Mida Creek and Gazi Bay. He defended his Ph.D. in 2001 and was awarded a "greatest distinction". During his working period in mangroves James Kairo consulted with several national and international organizations, among them Kenya Forest Department, Kenya Wildlife Service and World Wild Fund for Nature. He was awarded a research grant by the African Academy of Sciences (1991/92) and by the Biodiversity Support Program, a USAID funded Consortium of the World Wide Fund for Nature (USA), Nature Conservancy and the World Resources Institute.
Verheyden, A., J.G. Kairo, H. Beeckman and N. Koedam, in press. Growth rings, growth ring formation and age determination in the mangrove Rhizophora mucronata Lam. Annals of Botany.
Kairo, J.G. & P.O. Gwada, 1998. Mangrove of
Mida Creek. Ecological survey of Mida Creek. Final technical report. Kenya
Wildlife Services, Mombasa, Kenya.
Kairo, J.G., 1995a. Artificial
regeneration and sustainable yield management of mangrove forests in Gazi Bay,
Kenya. M.Sc. Thesis Botany, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
Kairo, J.G., 1995b. Community participatory forestry for rehabilitation
of deforested mangrove areas of Gazi Bay (Kenya). A first approach. Final
technical report. University of Nairobi, Department of Botany, Nairobi, Kenya.
Kairo, J.G., 1996. Towards alternative views of mangrove forestry in
Kenya. In : Supporting capacity building in forestry research in Africa. A.
Ngeny-Mengech (ed.), International Foundation for Science (IFS), Nairobi, Kenya.
Kairo, J.G., 2001. Ecology and restoration of mangrove systems in Kenya.
PhD dissertation, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Kenya.
Kairo, J.G. & B. Kivyatu, 2000. Mangrove management survey within
and adjacent to Kiunga Marine National Reserve. WWF project KE0087.01, Technical
Report. WWF (EARO)/ Unesco, Nairobi, Kenya.
Dahdouh-Guebas, F., C. Mathenge, J.G. Kairo & N. Koedam, 2000.
Utilization of mangrove wood products around Mida Creek (Kenya) amongst
subsistence and commercial users. Economic Botany 54(4). (in
press).
Kairo, J. G., B. Kivyatu, N. Koedam. Applications of remote sensing and GIS to the management of mangroves within and adjacent to Kiunga Marine National Reserve, Kenya. Journal of Environ. and Development (in
press).
Dahdouh-Guebas, F., J.G. Kairo, L.P. Jayatissa & N. Koedam. An ordination study to view past, present and future vegetation structure dynamics in disturbed and undisturbed mangroves forests in Kenya and Sri Lanka. Plant Ecology (in
press).
Dahdouh-Guebas, F., M. Verneirt, S. Cannicci, J.G. Kairo, J.F. Tack & N. Koedam. An explorative study on grapsid crab zonation in mangrove forests in Kenya. Wetlands Ecology and Management (in
press).
Contact Information |
| James G. Kairo Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute P.O Box 81651 Mombasa Kenya email jkairo@recoscix.org phone: ++25411475151/4 fax: ++25411475157 |
