WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT & UTILISATION PLAN

1. Tsiseb WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT & UTILISATION PLAN VISION The Conservancy’s wildlife is restored, sustainably managed and utilized for the benefit of present and future generations while maintaining biodiversity. Tsiseb Conservancy Average wildlife distribution (from numbers of all species seen during road counts) WILDLIFE POPULATION THRESHOLDS Conservancy size = 791,300 ha. To better visualise population numbers, imagine a 5000ha farm and calculate densities of the population for this farm by dividing the estimate by 158 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 and 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 # 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