Land Use/ Cropping system

2013/14 Cropping Season

2014/15 Season

Pre-Harvest (October)

Post-Harvest (January)

Pre-Planting (May)

Agriculture: Upland Farm

Intercropping: rice, sorghum, maize, Okra, pepper, cucumber, pumpkin

Mostly low regrowth of shrubs and remnants of rice crop (rice stalk), pepper

Young farm bush re-growth

Agriculture: Young Fallow (2 years)

Mostly shrubs and herbs

Mostly shrubs and few herbs

Mostly shrubs and herbs

Agriculture: Old Fallow (6 years)

Mostly young trees and shrubs, few herbs

Mostly young trees, and shrubs

Mostly young trees and shrubs, few herbs

Swamp

Paddy rice cultivation (monocropping), some weeds

Remnants of rice crop (rice stalk), some grass weeds

Remnants of rice crop (stalk), luxurious growth of different grass species

Agriculture: Oil Palm

Perennial cash crop with shrubs and herbs in the undergrowth

Rubber plantation, very few shrubs in the undergrowth

Rubber plantation, few shrubs in the udergrowth

Agroforestry: Cacao

Cacao plantation with scattered tall shade trees, very few herbs

Perennial cash crop with scattered tall shade trees, very few herbs

Perennial cash crop with scattered tall shade trees

Cemetery

Rubber plantation, few shrubs in the undergrowth

Rubber plantation, few shrubs in the undergrowth

Rubber plantation, few shrubs in the undergrowth

Diamond Mining

Old mining site with mixed vegetation, maize crop, oil palm, dominant tall forest trees (e.g. Gmelina sp., Tectonia sp.)

Old mining site with mixed vegetation, oil palm, dominant tall forest trees (e.g. Gmelina sp., Tectonia sp.)

Old mining site with mixed vegetation, oil palm, dominant tall forest trees (e.g. Gmelina sp., Tectonia sp.)