1. 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 – 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