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╪GAINGU
VISION
╪ Gaingu is a self sustaining conservancy that leads other conservancies in terms of
finances, assets, awareness and employment based on the sustainable use of wildlife
while ensuring the conservation of all natural resources and wildlife for the benefit of
present and future members.
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ANNUAL
WORK PLAN
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4th
Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter
Law enforcement
Conduct foot patrols campsites
Conduct vehicle patrols tourist roads
Conduct vehicle & foot
antipoaching patrols
Conduct foot patrols of curio
stalls
Conduct vehicle patrols of
mining/prospecting activities
Enforce rehabilitation
Gather intelligence & conduct
ad hoc road blocks
OBJECTIVES:
Division of the conservancy into 7 zones selected
by reconciling current land uses with habitats &
benefits and
minimize conflicts community aspirations
from a variety of
land uses
3 To produce real
benefits for all
conservancy
members by
sustainably
utilizing wildlife
and natural
resources
Veld monitoring
Wildlife utilisation
Trophy, “shoot & sell”, “own-use” hunting & livecapture for sale permitted within annual quotas
Selected members trained to hunt for meat for all
& to accompany commercial hunts
Where necessary, hunting disallowed in selected
areas or at certain times of the year
Populations of small antelopes, birds & reptiles
protected to provide a unique tourism attraction
Suitable members & game guards trained to
identify wild species for tourism
Over-abundance & habitat damage prevented by
culling or increased hunting off-takes
During droughts, hunting quotas increased to
reduce competition & the likelihood of die off.
Species specific utilisation strategies determined &
implemented
Wildlife & veld product farming (ostrich, Hoodia,
Devil’s Claw etc) combined with intensive livestock
breeding programmes in relevant zone
Ostrich eggs harvested sustainably for jewelry &
tourist curios; feathers, skins and meat processed &
sold
Self-insurance schemes
Improvement of livestock management practices
human-wildlife
conflict (baboons, Training members in livestock protection &
prevention of predation
predators, corn
Benefits from shooting problem animals returned
crickets)
to the conservancy (eg jackal skins etc).
Where appropriate/feasible, problem animals sold
to hunters or captured live for sale.
The value of wildlife & reasons for conservation
publicised.
4 To minimise
5 To minimise
illegal activities
(poaching,
Hoodia theft)
Harvest farmed veld products
Market farmed veld products
Monitoring - Game counts
6 To improve
communications
Monitoring - Event book system (EBS)
Monitor activities rigorously
using EBS
Update wildlife population
trend charts
Conduct EBS audit
Order new EBS materials
Communications
Conduct monthly community
meetings & display info
Present Event Book annual
report to AGM
Give talks on wildlife value at
schools & radio (NBC)
Write proposals for funding for
exchange visits
Make exchange visits
Desired
population
300
1500
10
0
80
½
Duiker
20
300
2
Gemsbok
20
6200
40
Hyaena b
0
?
5
200
300
2
Klipspringer
60
300
2
Kudu
20
1500
10
0
150
1
Springbok
9000
15000
100
Steenbok
1000
1500
10
?
2000
13
80
2000
13
SPECIES
Wildlife populations encouraged to increase
Wildlife populations increased by translocation
wildlife and
natural resources Veld condition manipulated by varying off-take
Planting exotic and invasive plants removed
Density
Index
Average
population
(2005 – 2009)
(no./ 5000ha
farm)
2 To conserve
Hold planning meeting - patrol
routes & dates set up
Hold planning meeting reintroduction/translocation
Train CGGs
Hold planning meeting - routes
& dates set up
Arrange logistics, identify
participants, conduct training
Conduct game count
Update wildlife population
trend charts
WILDLIFE POPULATION THRESHOLDS
1 To maximise
Wildlife management - General
Conduct planning meeting quota setting
Meet MET for quota approval
Advertise tender for trophy
hunting & contract hunter
Advertise tender for shoot &
sell hunting
Plan, train & conduct own-use
hunting & distribute meat
Allocate duties for ostrich farm
hands
Allocate duties for Hoodia (etc)
farm hands
Slaughter ostriches & process
products
Collect ostrich eggs
HOW TO ACHIEVE THEM:
7 To obtain
appropriate
information for
management
Law enforcement policies developed.
Game guards trained to undertake patrols & road
blocks
The feasibility of game guards becoming Peace
Officers investigated.
Benefits reduced/removed from members caught
illegal activities more than once.
Off-road driving not permitted. Exceptions only
with permission & repairs.
Approved tracks mapped & sign-posted.
Contact details for police & MET disseminated to
improve communications & obtain support for law
enforcement.
Conservancy divided into management “nodes”
each with a communications officer provided with a
cell phone.
Conservancy management issues discussed at
sundry occasions (pension day, farmers’ association
meetings, water point committee meetings, auction
days etc)
Community members informed regularly of
detailed financial status of conservancy
Funding sought by Conservancy Committee to
establish a radio network
Useful phone numbers (MET, Police, Game Guards,
Conservancy Committee etc) disseminated
Announcements made on radio (NBC)
 Village meetings with support of Regional Office of
MET to inform members of activities & outcomes
Talks will be held at schools, churches and school
children will carry messages
Exchange visits to other conservancies
A combination of monitoring techniques used:
Event Book System (EBS)
annual or biannual fixed road counts
MET aerial surveys
Subjects for monitoring include rainfall, veld
condition, wildlife population trends & condition,
problem animal incidents, illegal activities & wildlife
off-takes, monitored in the EBS
Baboon
Cheetah
Jackal
Leopard
Zebra
Ostrich
Conservancy size = 773,100 ha.
To better visualise population numbers, imagine a
5000ha farm & calculate densities of the population for
this farm by dividing the estimate by 155.
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 & can be
harvested at higher off-take rates.
RECOMMENDED HARVEST OFF-TAKE
RATES
Off-take rates & types of off-take change as
desired population densities are reached
Before Desired
Population Size
Reached
Species
Baboon
Gemsbok
Jackal
Klipspringer
Kudu
Leopard
Ostrich
Springbok
Steenbok
Zebra
Trophy
(%)
After Desired
Population Size
Reached
Other
Trophy Other use
use
(%)
(%)##
(%)#
2%
2%
3%
2%
2%
15%
10 /yr
-
10 /yr
-
2%
2%
1 /yr
3%
2%
2%
2%
3%
5%
5%
3%
-
2%
2%
1 /yr
3%
3%
2%
3%
10%
10%
20%
10%
8%
# Only males will be hunted until desired population sizes
are reached
## Females may be harvested once desired population sizes
have been reached
Supported by WWF Norway, Norad, ICEMA