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Wildlife Audit System

Wildlife Audit System. JG du Toit. January 2012. Who do we represent. Wildlife Industry Trust Open platform created between the private sector & government SAPS – Green Falcons SARS Medicines Control Council. Legal requirements.

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Wildlife Audit System

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  1. Wildlife Audit System JG du Toit January 2012

  2. Who do we represent • Wildlife Industry Trust • Open platform created between the private sector & government • SAPS – Green Falcons • SARS • Medicines Control Council

  3. Legal requirements The National Environmental Biodiversity Act (NEMBA) instructs the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) to “collect, generate, process, coordinate and disseminate information about biodiversity and the sustainable use of indigenous biological resources, and establish and maintain databases in this regard”

  4. Problem Nature conservation, Agriculture & Veterinary services are spread over 9 provinces, giving a total of 27 bodies that must communicate with the private sector involved with wildlife

  5. Currently: Data Reporting in Wildlife CITES SANBI SA Nat Biodiversity Institute OIE 9 Provinces DEAT Dept of Environment & Tourism DoA Dept of Agriculture SANParks National Parks WRSA Wildlife Ranching SA

  6. Proposed: Data Reporting in Wildlife CITES OIE DEAT Dept of Environment & Tourism DoA Dept of Agriculture WIT Wildlife Industry Trust SANParks WRSA Prov DEAT ProvDoA WTA PHASA OVI

  7. Examples from Database

  8. White Rhino/Province

  9. White Rhino: Hunting vs Poaching Hunting Poaching

  10. Drug Register: M99 Use Variation

  11. White Rhino: Average Auction Price

  12. Rhino: Effect of Horn Sales

  13. Databases needed

  14. Types of Databases needed • Department of Agriculture • Disease database • Locality and census database • DNA database • Translocation database • Drug register

  15. Types of Databases needed • Department of Environmental Affairs • Locality and census database • DNA database (proof of diversity) • Translocation database • Utilisation databases • Taxidermy • Hunting • Poaching • Culling

  16. Advantages • No cost • Sponsored by SAB • Self-administration • No data capture costs • Collective data can be used in management & decision making • Concept accepted by other Government Departments

  17. Additional value of DNA Traceability of individual animals Inbreeding status Parentage

  18. Databases paid/populated Census Drug register Hunting Poaching Wildlife Translocation DNA

  19. Why can farmers not use DNA?

  20. Proposal:Enforce Databases Legally

  21. Thank You!

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