Transcript WORK AREAS OF THE NATURAL RESOURCE WORKING GROUP

WORK AREAS
OF THE
NATURAL RESOURCE WORKING GROUP
Mapping
Service
1. Registration
2. Provide GIS
maps
3. Provide
Imagery
4. Develop
baseline maps
5. Training
Management
Plans
Monitoring &
Adaptive Mgmt
Wildlife
Utilization
1. Assist with
format
2. Advise on
wildlife aspects
3. Develop manuals
& materials
4. Training
Systems &
support for:
1.Game counts
2.Event book
3.Incident book
4.M&E systems &
reporting
Support:
1. Trophy hunting
2. Own use
hunting
3. Live capture
and sale
4. …….?
“User Interface”
GIS
DSS
Imagery
Improve NR
Systems
Support:
1. Game
introductions
2. Water
Information systems support
Databases
Materials
Information system (CONINFO)
Reports
Freeware
Mapping Services
• NRWG
continues supporting MET, NGOs and CBOs
with registration efforts – 7 boundary maps/ descriptions
completed during the past six months.
• Training provided to Rundu CSD and Every Rivers
staff.
• Two conservancies in south recently mapped – NDT,
MET, MAWRD, Traditional Authorities.
• Recent donation of satellite imagery from
NASA/USGS/UN.
Mapping
Service
1. Registration
2. Provide GIS
maps
3. Provide
Imagery
4. Develop
baseline maps
5. Training
Management Plans
• IWG taking the lead in finalizing approach to managing
planning. Working with Greg, Richard.
• NRWG supported Uukwaluudhi with Wildlife
Management Plan
• Support to Anton to convert completed plans to standard
format.
Management
Plans
1. Assist with
format
2. Advise on
wildlife aspects
3. Develop manuals
& materials
4. Training
Uukwaluudhi Management Plan
Version 1.0, October 2003
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DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Appendices
Development Calendar
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VISION
Who
Budget
ESTABLISH WATER POINTS
Establish water points inside core area:
Point 1
Point 2
Establish water points outside core area:
Point 1
Point 2
Preamble
Since time immemorial, the people of Uukwaluudhi enjoyed the benefits of the nature,
which was blessed with abundant game and other natural resources. The colonial
administration, and the concomitant war of liberation have deprived the people of enjoying
these benefits as the associated by activities led to killing and disturbance of the wildlife
and the destruction of natural resources.
The government of the independent Republic of Namibia has put enabling policy
instruments in place by means of which the, hitherto neglected communities in communal
areas could accrue economic benefit from their wildlife resources. It is on the basis of such
policy that the people living in Uukwaluudhi wish to establish a conservancy in terms of
the Nature conservation Ordinance (No. 4 of 1975) as amended by the Nature Conservation
Amendment Act of 1996 in order to:
1. Enable its members to gain the rights to sustainably manage and utilize wildlife and to
retain the income derived from sustainable and management and utilization.
2. Improve the welfare of its members by linking Nature Conservation to development,
thereby providing incentives to members to sustainably manage their own natural resources
and
3. Improve the welfare of its members through acquisition of exclusive rights to develop
tourism accommodation and guided tours within the boundaries in the Conservancy.
Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Task
CORE WILDLIFE AREA
Map area with coordinates
Purchase equipment for core area construction
Clear cutline
Erect 2.3m electric fence with 3 gates
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ZONATION MAP
INTRODUCTION OF GAME
Develop game introduction plan
Build offloading ramp and holding boma
Introduce game
ROADS & FIREBREAKS
Demarcate roads and firebreaks
Construct roads and firebreaks
MAP LAYERS
•Boundaries
•Roads & Tracks
•Infrastructure
•Rivers & Pans
•2 km grid
•Game count routes
•Game distribution
TOURISM
Tourist option plan for core area
Build camp sites (toilets, braai places, etc)
Ensure Safety (remove military waste)
DEVELOP REGULATIONS & CONTROL MEASURES
Tourist control (off-road driving, firewood,etc)
Entry fees/permits
Harvest of resources other than wildlife
Harvest of wildlife
Livestock transgressions
Human transgressions
Penalties (statutory & customary)
Unaccountability & corruption
Training
INFRASTRUCTURE
Purchase and construction of Store Room
Goal
APPOINT STAFF
Manager 1x
Field workers/guards 2x
Tourist attendants 2x
Gate guard 1x
The goal is to establish a conservancy in Uukwaluudhi area for educational and economic
benefits for all the people of Uukwaluudhi.
Objectives
TRANSPORT
Purchase 4x4 Hilux
Purchase 3x horses & saddlery
Purchase 1x donkey cart
1. To create an environment conducive to the return of game to the Uukwaluudhi area.
2. To manage Uukwaluudhi's wildlife and other natural resources in accordance with an
approval management plan in a sustainable manner to maximise return of benefits to the
communities of the Uukwaluudhi area.
3. To protect Uukwaluudhi's wildlife and plants for future generations of Namibians,
particularly those living in the area.
4. To develop tourism and craft enterprises in the conservancy in order to generate
income for management of the conservancy and for the benefit of the communities.
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Strategies
ANNUAL WORK PLAN
1. Business/Enterprise Strategies
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2. Natural Resource Strategies
 Establish a core area for wildlife.
 Re-establish wildlife through introductions.
 Sustainably harvest wildlife for economic and social benefits.
 Protect wildlife through a law enforcement programme.
 Develop & maintain wildlife infrastructure (fencing, water-points, & roads).
 Implement problem animal management programme.
 Implement fire management programme.
 Implement natural resource monitoring programme.
 Manage cropping, livestock and harvesting at sustainable levels.
 Implement livestock/wildlife disease control programme.
3. Organisational Management Strategies
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4. Infrastructural/Equipment Strategies
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An Evolving Document
Management plans are evolving documents! The Uukwaluudhi Management Plan is structured so that changes,
additions, etc. can be made. Incomplete data or information will not delay the production of various
drafts/editions. Successive versions of the Management Plan will be progressively numbered:
e.g. Version 1.0; version 1.1; etc. …….. for minor changes
Version 2.0; version 3.0; etc. ……. for significant changes”
$190,000
TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COSTS
Annual Calendar
WORK PLAN
The “CORE AREA”
• The area shall be fenced with a 2,3 meter
Task
BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE
Monitor tourism numbers and impact
Maintain tourism amenities
Supply braai wood
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electrified fence.
• No livestock, cropping or settlements shall be
allowed.
• The core area shall be the focus of tourism
activities.
• The area shall be re-stocked with wildlife and
serve as a breeding area from which wildlife
could be released, if feasible, into the larger
conservancy area.
• Environmental education shall be a key
activity and, if appropriate, a suitable centre
may be built.
• Wildlife utilization shall be a key management
tool and shall include trophy hunting, meat
hunting and live sales.
• Monitoring of wildlife numbers and impacts
shall be undertaken as stocking rates need to
be limited.
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Maintenance of event book system
Conduce annual road count
Monitor water table (every 2nd year)
Annual Nat Resource audit
Compile annual Nat Resource report
Game harvesting
INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT
Hold AGM (annual)
Management meetings (quarterly)
Community feedback meetings (annual)
Compile annual report
Compile annual budget & treasurers report
Control of entry fees and permits
Control internal funding
Annual audit
Review and update management plan
Evaluate and renew staff contracts
Annual archiving of records & registers
Purchase replacement uniforms
Advertising and promotions
Purchase of office supplies (stationary, etc)
INFRASTRUCTURE/EQUIPMENT
Maintenance of core area fence
Maintenance of water installations
Vehicle maintenance
Firebreaks & road manitenance
Maintain horses and saddlery
TOTAL MANAGEMENT COSTS PER YEAR
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Who
Budget
• Wet season count in WC.
• Full moon count in Nyae Nyae
• Monitoring in various stages of implementation in 29
conservancies/emerging conservancies. Still challenges in
conservancies where there are no CGGs.
• Ndafuda Shiponeni (DSS) is exploring ways of
mapping annual fire scares for Caprivi. Hopefully include
fire maps for Salambala in next annual NR report.
• NRWG giving support to monitoring systems in
protected areas in NE.
Monitoring &
Adaptive Mgmt
Systems &
support for:
1.Game counts
2.Event book
3.Incident book
4.M&E systems &
reporting
Wildlife
Utilization
Support:
1. Trophy hunting
2. Own use
hunting
3. Live capture
and sale
• WWF and IRDNC supporting trophy hunting/capture conservancy capture
efforts.
• DSS has initiated an activity to explore wildlife utilization options in the
Kunene/Northern Erongo. Workshop to be held next week.
“User Interface”
GIS
Imagery
DSS
Information systems support
Databases
Materials
Information system (CONINFO)
Reports
Freeware
• Sharing “CONINFO” data and approach with UNAM. Data has been transferred
while course also held for members of Geography department. Done in partnership
with NRSC.
• Data and approaches also shared with DSS.
• NRWG supporting the information storage and management within the permit
office (DAA) This NB for seamless information sharing, quota setting and
monitoring.