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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Giraffe

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Ostrich

Predator sightings

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

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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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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

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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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Damage

Years with no bars indicate gaps in data collection

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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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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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