29September 2011:Narrative 3:
Part1:
The purpose of the Presentation:
The main Purpose of this presentation, is to briefly explain the concept of an Ecological Management Plan
What is Ecology ???
¢Ecology is basically, the study of interactions between organisms and their specific environments.
¢The basic law of ecology is, the lives of different animal and plant species are linked.
This basically means, if you change one thing/component in nature it changes other things as well.What is an Ecological Management Plan ???
¢Well an ecological management plan, plans to minimize the detrimental changes to the ecosystem.
¢It also tries to rehabilitate damages in the ecosystem, if possible.
Why do Game reserves need an Ecological Plan?
¢To keep a healthy balance between the habitat and the animals.
¢To ensure the sustainability of a game reserve.
How do you get an income for an Ecological Plan?
¢The funds are collected from the levy called the Conservation fee, this is in the private sector.
¢It is also funded by a budget in the case of a state department, they manage the conservation areas.
Time span of an Ecological Plan?
¢For the most effective Ecological Management Plan, the duration is between 2-5 years.
¢The 5 years are divided into annually sectors.
¢This is to ensure the progress of each year, to stay on schedule and to make sure you will have enough funds to work with.
¢Each years progress will ensure the 5 year plan to reach it’s target and objectives.
Implementation of the Ecological Plan:
¢To make it easier, you can divide the project into different sections per year. This is to make it easier and more usable.
¢You can then implement your plan according to your target dates.
Trophic pyramid:
Where does the management section fit in?
¢The management of a reserve, has to approve all the projects and the supportive budget of each of your projects.
¢Your conservation officer is responsible for the implementation of the projects as well as the managing of the budgets.
Current state of the reserve:
¢Do an Environmental Audit on all of the elements available.
¢This is to determine all the environmental issues that needs to be addressed.
Elements to be looked at:
¢Soils: Different types, erosion, etc.
¢Vegetation: Different types, alien plants, over-grazing, carrying capacity, etc.
¢Animals: Different species, populations, distributions, etc.
¢Infrastructure: Roads, buildings, dams, etc.
¢Tourism Opportunities: Game drives, archery, WLC tour, etc.
¢Human Influences: Waste disposal, dumping sites, etc.
Headings:
¢Introduction
¢Overview – 5 Year Plan
¢Overview of each year – Project Based
¢Soil Management
¢Water Management
¢Vegetation Management
¢Animal Management
¢Infrastructure Management
¢Fire Management
¢Tourism Management
¢Human Influence Management
¢List of projects
¢Budget per project – Capital operational
Element and Project Examples:
. Soil Management
¢Erosion Project
¢Compost
2. Water Management
¢Catchment Management Project
¢Water distribution Project
3. Vegetation Management
¢Alien/indigenous/ invader removal project
¢Bush Encroachment Project
4. Animal Management
¢Mammal census Project
¢Earthworm Project
¢Owl Research Project
. Soil Management
¢Erosion Project
¢Compost
2. Water Management
¢Catchment Management Project
¢Water distribution Project
3. Vegetation Management
¢Alien/indigenous/ invader removal project
¢Bush Encroachment Project
4. Animal Management
¢Mammal census Project
¢Earthworm Project
¢Owl Research Project
Infrastructure Management
¢Road Closure Project
¢Hide Development Project
6. Fire Management
¢Improvement of fire prevention project
¢Fire fighting ability Project
7. Tourism Management
¢New attraction Project
¢Wetland Route
8. Human Influences Management
¢Human impact awareness Project
Vision for the Reserve in 5 years:
¢An Ecological sustainable reserve with alien free vegetation.
¢Almost a 100% soil coverage and healthy animal populations. This will draw the attention to the tourists, to enjoy the outdoor experience.
Which Element do we need to look at?
¢Veldt management, with different projects – to improve the veldt condition.
¢Harvesting of fauna, project – keeping record on the different animal populations. This will include mortality, nationality, gender records, etc.
¢Soil protection, projects – different ways to improve the soil layer.
Management of human impacts.Implementation of a 5year Plan:
¢Implement it with one year plans that have an operating budget allocated to each year.
¢A capital budget that funds the capital intensive projects.
¢Register conservation projects that forms part of the implementation of the yearly plans.
¢Conservation project on each element, e.g. A project to implement a wetland tour as part of the experience.
Implementation of 1year Plans:
¢1 year plans mostly consists of the different projects that were identified in the 5year plan formulation.
These projects must be scheduled over 5years, e.g. A erosion control project can be broken into sections. These sections will be handled off in the first 2-4 years each year has to have the specific that needs to happen and also the cost behind it.Budget for a 1year Implementation:
1.Calculate the total income in the conservation department.
2.Make sure the projects to be done have been confirmed.
3.Allocate the money needed for the projects.
4.Highlight all the challenges that might occur during the projects
5.Set target dates for the projects.
The use of the Conservation fee:
¢The income for your conservation department consists of your conservation fee.
Your budget must spent on the implementation of the different projects that you have and those that are being planned.Role of the policies and procedures:
¢The role is to describe the policies of the reserve itself. This is to inform people what will be tolerated and what won’t be tolerated.
¢The procedures are there to describe how the policies will be implemented.
Monitoring of the Implementation for your ecological plan:
¢How do you know that you are successful?
¢What is the current progress on the different projects that are being constructed?
¢How are you monitoring the budget for each of the projects that are set out?
Summary on the Presentation:
¢Step1: an ecological audit must be done. This is to evaluate the current state of the reserve – log it.
¢Step2: the audit must be used to plan the projects in full detail as well as to register them over a period of 5years. This will increase the state of the habitat in the future.
¢Step3: formulate the 1year’s projects and plan your budget.
Conclusion and the way forward:
¢This will improve the future state of the reserve and ensure it is more independent on the management practices of the present customers of the reserve.
The End !!!
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