1. ANNUAL WORK PLAN RECOMMENDED HARVEST OFF-TAKE RATES
Doro !Nawas
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT & UTILISATION PLAN
VISION To sustainably manage & use wildlife & natural resources for the purpose bettering the quality of life of the residing community (socially, economically, environmentally and culturally) & to achieve the self-sufficiency of the conservancy
ANNUAL WORK PLAN
1st
Quarter
2nd
3rd
4th
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Law enforcement
Conduct regular patrols
Gather intelligence
Undertake road blocks (ad hoc)
Conduct joint MET/Conservancy anti-poaching activities
Wildlife management - general
Make inventory of water points
Wildlife management - Game counts
Hold planning meeting - routes & dates set up
Define logistics, identify participants, conduct training
Conduct game count
Update wildlife population trend charts
Wildlife utilisation
Conduct planning meeting - quota setting
Meet MET for quota approval
Advertise tender for trophy hunting
Secure trophy hunting contract
Plan own-use hunting & train hunters
conduct own-use hunts
Distribute meat
Obtain reports from all hunts
Compile/obtain annual trophy hunting report
Human-wildlife conflict
Investigate incidents
Communications
Hold monthly Event Book meeting
Present wildlife report to management meetings
Present wildlife report to AGM
Display wildlife information for members
Conduct Event Book audit
Order new Event Book materials
OBJECTIVES:
HOW TO ACHIEVE THEM: 1
To increase the number of wildlife species & re-establish locally extinct species
Law enforcement
Water management
Game introductions 2
To manage human-wildlife conflict
Land-use zonation to separate wildlife from human activities
Prevention activities 3
To involve & increase Community understanding of wildlife management & benefits
Reduction in human-wildlife conflict
Improved communications
Monitoring results & wildlife value/benefits shown to community 4
To obtain real benefits from sustainable utilisation
Harvesting
Trophy hunting
Tourism
Improved meat handling & distribution 5
To control wildlife numbers in relation to veld conditions, climate changes & competition with livestock & rare wildlife species
Adaptive management activities 6
To manage wildlife populations using good data from appropriate monitoring systems
Use of the Event Book System
WILDLIFE POPULATION THRESHOLDS
Conservancy size = 407,000 ha.
To better visualise population numbers, imagine a 5000ha farm and calculate densities of the population for this farm by dividing the estimate by 80.
This give a standard index - Numbers per 5000ha farm – which is easy 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
APPROXIMATE PRESENT POPULATION
DESIRED POPULATION
DENSITY INDEX
(No/5000 ha farm)
Elephant 30 40
1/2
Rhino
Rare ( 3 *)
1/3
Springbok
8000
100
Gemsbok
1400
3200
Zebra
500
1000 13
Kudu
200
1600 20
Duiker
rare
Steenbok
400
800 10
Ostrich
Giraffe 80 1
Klipspringer
160 2
Eland -
240 3
Impala (BF)
49 *
Hartebeest
185 *
Note: * = animals introduced
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
Impala (BF)
Never
10% (capture only)
Klipspringer
Kudu
10%
Leopard
Ostrich
S Hyaena
Springbok
20%
Steenbok
Zebra 8%
Supported by: WWF Norway Norad ICEMA