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TSHWANE EVENTS CENTRE DR. G.C. DRY WRSA Past-President © Bergh DICTATES REVIEW OF: SUPPLY SIDE WRSA Past-President: Dr GC Dry • Scope of the Wildlife Ranching Industry • Ideology & Culture underpinning Wildlife Ranching • Successes of Game Ranching in South Africa • Conservation Failures Worldwide • Wildlife Ranching Countering Worldwide Trends • Profile of Investors & Owners • Current Supply of Game Meat • 2025 Forecast DEMAND SIDE & GROWTH PROJECTIONS ABSA Agri: Ernst Janovski © van der Merwe • • • • • • Private Game Ranchers: 16.8% of agricultural land State owned Protected Areas: 6.1% of agricultural footprint R20 billion annual contribution to GDP 20 million + heads of game in private ownership 6-8 million heads of game in Protected Areas 14-15 million head of cattle (9 million in commercial sector) Investment: • 20 million ha land utilized for game ranching @ R10 000/ha = R200 billion • Game, infrastructure & equipment = R200 billion • Ownership • Constitution, Common Law & Game Theft Act (1991) • Green Economic Principles & Sustainable Use • Love of Nature • Compassion for Animals • 20 million ha of marginal, often damaged agricultural land converted to sustainable land-use option. Note: the 20 million ha is ex-agricultural land, not degraded conservation land. • 140 000 sustainable jobs: • 3x compared to domestic stock operations • Salaries 3x domestic stock equivalents • Increased biodiversity, e.g. • Oxpeckers – previously threatened • Dung beetle species increase • Vulture “restaurants” • Other raptors © van der Merwe • Wildlife ranching plays a major role in: • Saving species (white rhino; bontebok; Cape mountain zebra; black wildebeest; geometric tortoise and a number of other species, as well as, • Protecting the rich diversity of vegetation types • Contributing to increasing landscape connectivity (Cousins, J) • Green Economy Success Food Security: • “Food security” implies physical, social and economic access by all South Africans, at all times, to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets dietary needs for an active and healthy life. The following dimensions are relevant: • adequate availability; • access to; • affordability; • stability; • use of marginal agricultural land to produce commodities, e.g. game to generate local and foreign revenue that can be used for the importation of essential food commodities. • The primary causes of species and habitat loss (in Southern Africa) are conversion to cultivated land, followed by urban sprawl, alien plant invasion and plantation forestry. • 74 largest terrestrial herbivore species on Earth (body mass >100 kg), are generally facing dramatic population declines and range contraction, such that ~ 60% are threatened with extinction. • Kenya: lost almost 80% of its wild animals since the ban on hunting and trade. Source: Drs Pamela and Peter Oberem Embargo on use or publication. • In business & management language the combination of investors, owners, product and capacity, reflects a sound indicator of sustainability. © Bergh Categories of game species owned Investors: • Trade Name • Investors well-educated/informed (50% undergraduate or postgraduate degree, 26% diploma, 14% matric) Higher value species (sable & roan antelope, disease free buffalo) 30% Plain game species 25% Species such as nyala, lechwe, bontebok 40% Colour or morphological variants 5% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% • Shareholder agreements increased • From 2009-2013 with 37% • From 2013 with 18% OWNERS • Agricultural Land Classification Scheme • Similar to shareholders, well-educated with 76% tertiary education and 20% matric Method of acquiring game farm Bought a cattle or crop farm and converted in into game farm 46% Bought already existing game farm 23% Bought a cattle or crop farm that was already partially converted to a game farm 9% Inherited cattle or crop farm and converted it into game farm 6% Inherited cattle or crop farm that was partially converted into a game farm 8% Other 8% • Most popular species ranched are kudu (77%), common impala (76%), blesbok (62%), waterbuck (60%), blue wildebeest (59%), eland (59%). • 30 000 tons of game meat (undeclared) estimated used in processed meats such as polonies, sausage, etc. • 120 000 tons of game meat hunted by local hunters annually. • 20 000 tons of game meat hunted by trophy hunters annually. • 1 400 tons harvested annually for meat directly • 150 000 tons (estimated) utilized annually in South Africa Note: Beef imports for 2015 expected to be > 65 000 tons. * (Johan Kruger Game Harvesters Association, 2015) © Bergh • PRIOR TO FMD OUTBREAK FEBRUARY 2011 • Exported between 600-800 tons of boneless product to Europe • Sought after species not sufficiently available e.g. springbok, kudu and blesbok • WRSA GOAL FOR 2015 • To reach 10-12 000 tons (providing R1.5 billion + foreign revenue per annum) • © Bergh MAIN CONSTRAINTS • Fragmented nature of supply chain • Veterinary Services meeting OIR requirements for FMD control • Approved abattoirs (game meat scheme / DAFF regulations and approved mobile abattoirs) © Bergh • Land use option under Game Ranching: 30 million ha (30% SA’s Agri land) • 30 million head of game. • 350 000 decent sustainable employment opportunities. • 250 000of game meat produced per annum. • R75 billion per annum contribution to GDP • WRSA seconds Walt Disney’s notion namely; • If you can dream it, you can do it! © Bergh THANK YOU © van der Merwe