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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25Ostrich

Predator sightings

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14Hyaena

The index (Y-axis) is calculated as the number of sightings per event book

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10Leopard

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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.

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60Zebra

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10Klipspringer

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10Steenbok

Photo: V. Guillemin

Photo: V. Guillemin Photo: A. Jarvis

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10Elephant

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10Jackal

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25Kudu

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10Giraffe

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100Gemsbok

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16Springbok

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Species Animals seen

Minimum estimate

Likely estimate

Baboon 68 Elephant 15 Gemsbok 295 1290 2360Giraffe 11 20 50Hyaena 1 Jackal 11 Klipspringer 3 Kudu 57 250 610Ostrich 63 310 570Black rhinoceros 4 Springbok 595 1940 4720Steenbok 8 40 440Mountain zebra 221 1070 1710

Species Animals seen

Honey badger 2Eland 6Elephant 565Giraffe 103Hartebeest 7Impala 14Black-faced impala 26Black rhinoceros 43Secretary Bird 1

Species Animals dead

Honey badger 1Gemsbok 4Kudu 2Black rhinoceros 1Springbok 10Zebra 1

Torra

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: 5Effort:

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

Torra - 2009

Wildlife Introductions

Wildlife Income

Year Species Number

Incidents

Damage

Years with no bars indicate gaps in data collection

Species 2009

Species QuotaType of Utilisation

Total usedOwn Use Trophy Capture Shoot & Sell Traditional Problem

animalSpringbok 1500 100 12 168 193 17 490Kudu 20 12 12Lion 1 0Hyena 2 3 1 4Jackal 5 0 Ostrich 45 1 1Klipspringer 4 1 1Steenbok 5 0 Giraffe 2 3 3Zebra 160 50 4 80 134Gemsbok 150 49 9 40 12 110Leopard 1 0Cheetah 1 0

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009N$ 0

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N$ 77,780N$

175,585

N$ 75,500N$ 418,900

Own Use

Trophy

Capture

Shoot and sell

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

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Other damageLivestock attackHuman attackCrop damage

Species 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009Cheetah 2 32 33 10 22 25 15 13Elephant 10 12 6 6 1 13 10Hyaena 13 45 10 8 23 13 33Jackal 5 5 7 12 1 6 3 5Leopard 5 8 15 17 6 13 7 15Lion 14 15 43 13 3 14 13 7

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ArrestsConvictions

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Commercial Subsistence

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Snares and traps recoveredFirearms recovered

Incidents

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Torra

Photo: H. Denker