annual natural resource report
DESCRIPTION
Annual Natural Resource Report. Wildlife Trends. Game counts. Data from the annual North-West game count. The Y-axis represents the number of animals seen per 100km driven . The zebra chart is for mountain zebra. Wildlife Populations. Photo: V. Guillemin. Predator sightings. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Annual Natural Resource Report
Locally rare species
Game counts
Locally rare species are those which are currently infrequently observed in the conservancy
Mortalities
Wildlife Populations
Wildlife Trends
Mortalities recorded during patrols
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12Kudu
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25Gemsbok
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10Elephant
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Giraffe
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Ostrich
Predator sightings
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10Cheetah
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60Hyaena
The index (Y-axis) is calculated as the number of sightings per event book
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16leopard
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16lion
Photo: A. Jarvis
Photo: A. Jarvis Photo: S. Linder Photo: S. Linder
Data from the annual North-West game count. The Y-axis represents the number of animals seen per 100km driven. The zebra chart is for mountain zebra.
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10Jackal
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Photo: V. Guillemin
Photo: V. Guillemin Photo: A. Jarvis
Species Animals seen
Minimum estimate
Likely estimate
Baboon 37 Duiker 3 Eland 30 Gemsbok 42 120 220Giraffe 16 40 100Jackal 1 Klipspringer 4 Kudu 14 50 130Ostrich 27 220 410Springbok 422 930 2270Steenbok 12 50 540Warthog 2 Burchell's zebra 43 Mountain zebra 10 30 50
Species Animals seen
Elephant 213Black-faced impala 33Black rhinoceros 5
Species Animals dead
Cheetah 1Duiker 2Gemsbok 2Giraffe 2Kudu 3Leopard 1Lion 1Ostrich 3Porcupine 1Springbok 8Warthog 1Mountain zebra 3
Ehirovipuka
Natural Resource Management
Red bars indicate weak areas in the conservancy management performance which need to be addressed. Green bars indicate positive management performance.
Number of Community Game Guards: 6Effort:
Wildlife Use
Human-Wildlife ConflictThreats
The species chart indicates the most troublesome to least troublesome conflict species in the conservancy. The Y-axis in HWC and poaching charts represents number of incidents.
Performance: Poaching
Rainfall (mm)
Environmental monitoring
Weak Good
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Wildlife Introductions
Wildlife Income
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Incidents
Damage
Years with no bars indicate gaps in data collection
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009N$ 0
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N$ 88,050
N$ 59,980 Own Use
Trophy
Capture
Shoot and sell
Species 2009
Incidents
Species QuotaType of Utilisation
Total usedOwn Use Trophy Capture Shoot &
Sell Traditional Problem animal
Springbok 80 17 17 Kudu 5 3 3Lion 2 1 1Hyena 2 0Jackal 5 2 2Ostrich 15 0Klipspringer 2 1 1Baboon 10 0Steenbok 3 0Giraffe 10 4 4Duiker 5 0Zebra 25 3 8 11 Gemsbok 40 5 4 9Leopard 2 1 1Cheetah 1 0RB Francolin 50 0 S Francolin 50 0
Year Species Number2005 Eland 362007 Black-faced impala 242007 Burchell's zebra 502008 Giraffe 18
Resource sustainability _________________
Benefits producedSources of NR income
……………………….Resources utilisation
_________________HWC
Law enforcement……………………….
Management _________________
ComplianceReporting & Adaptive management
Game CensusEvent Books
………………………..Monitoring
_________________Leadership
ZonationNR Management plan……………………….
Planning _________________Adequate expenditure
Adequate staffing……………………….
NRM Commitment _________________
Overall NR Management
Species 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009Baboon 7 1 3 2Caracal 2 1 2 3 2 1Cheetah 15 10 4 1 5 6 10Elephant 10 1 6 2 9 6 9 13Hyaena 70 130 158 60 45 76 156 89Jackal 6 2 10 20 36 10 7Leopard 28 15 31 36 29 23 32 41Lion 7 28 23 22 16 11 31 7
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Other damageLivestock attackHuman attackCrop damage
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Commercial Subsistence
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Snares and traps recoveredFirearms recovered
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ArrestsConvictions
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Photo: H. Denker
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