Anabeb WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT & UTILISATION PLAN VISION The Conservancy manages, conserves and benefits from its wildlife and other natural resources in the area in a sustainable and ecologically acceptable manner. ANNUAL WORK PLAN 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd 4th Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Zonation Maintain boundaries   Enforce zones Improve resources Implement reintroduction plan Increase patrols Implement rhino management plan Human-wildlife conflict Build & maintain kraals Investigate incidents Wildlife utilisation Conduct planning meeting - quota setting Meet MET for quota approval Advertise tender for trophy hunting & contract hunter Plan own-use hunting & train hunters Conduct own-use hunts & distribute meat Obtain reports from all hunts Compile/obtain annual trophy hunting report Law enforcement Conduct regular patrols Gather intelligence Conduct road blocks Water management plan Make list of water points Implement water management plan Monitoring - Game counts Hold planning meeting - routes & dates set up Define logistics, identify participants, conduct training Conduct game count Update wildlife population trend charts Monitoring - Event book Monitor rigorously using IBS Communications Present management & zonation plans to members Conduct monthly event book meetings & display latest information Conduct Event Book audit Order new Event Book materials OBJECTIVES: HOW TO ACHIEVE THESE: 1 To conserve all natural resources Development & use of rare species management plans Control of disease outbreaks Poisons never permitted 2 To ensure that all conservancy members receive the maximum social & economic benefit from natural resources Utilisation of natural resources Traditional uses of resources Tourism Sale of problem animals for safaris Protection of livestock Realistic self-insurance schemes 3 To maximise the potential of the conservancy Zonation plan All members familiar with & approve zone boundaries Zonation rules enforced 4 To bolster & maintain wildlife populations Wildlife introductions (where habitats suitable & professionally implemented) Law enforcement Water management 5 To sustainably utilise all natural resources Own use & trophy hunting Ethical hunting Capture & sale of live animals 6 To manage natural resources adaptively using data from appropriate monitoring systems Event book system Annual road counts Monthly patrol records Fixed route surveys MET aerial surveys WILDLIFE POPULATION THRESHOLDS Conservancy size = 157,000 ha. To better visualise population numbers, imagine a 5000ha farm and calculate densities of the population for this farm by dividing the estimate by 30. This gives a standard index - Numbers per 5000ha farm – which is easily to understand in practical terms. Compare the density of what you have with the densities in the last column of the table above. If greater, then that species has reached its threshold and can be harvested at higher off-take rates (see table above). Species Present population (average 2001 – 2009) Desired population Density index (/5000ha) Cheetah 3 15 0.5 Eland 10 90 Elephant Gemsbok 370 1300 40 Giraffe 20 30 1 Hyaena S 160 5 Jackal 80 60 2 Klipspringer 4 Kudu 300 Leopard ? Lion 0.2 Rhino 0.3333 Springbok 6500 3000 100 Steenbok Zebra 820 400 13 Ostrich RECOMMENDED HARVEST OFF-TAKE RATES Off-take rates & types of off-take change as desired population densities are reached # Only males will be hunted until desired population sizes are reached ## Females may be harvested once desired population sizes have been reached Before Desired Population Size Reached After Desired Population Size Reached Species Trophy (%) Other use (%)# Other use (%)## Baboon 2% - Caracal 1 animal/yr Elephant Don’t hunt unless very old, in poor condition & only in consultation with MET & neighbours Gemsbok 3% 15% Giraffe 1% 5% Jackal 10 animals/yr Klipspringer Kudu 10% Leopard Lion Ostrich S Hyaena Springbok 20% Steenbok Zebra 8% Supported by : WWF Norway, Norad, ICEMA