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Component 1. Biodiversity Conservation and Management
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Management Plan to establish a proper and sound Management Plan has always been a concern for SRN. Initial reconnaissance work developed in 1996-1997, resulted in the preparation of the first Niassa Reserve five year Management Plan. This document is currently being revised and updated, through a series of participatory workshops at national, provincial and district level under the assistance of WWF-SARPO.
Administrative Structures and Institutional
Capacity SRN has focused on establishing and continuously improving the most basic administrative structures and institutional capacity to administer the Reserve and manage the resources’ conservation. That included the provision of staff and proper working and accommodation facilities, the provision of the necessary office equipment, vehicles and field equipment, the development and maintenance of a road network. It also included training programs for the Reserve staff.
Law Enforcement
in order to address the most serious and immediate threat to Niassa’s biodiversity, an antipoaching strategy has been devised, and various anti-poaching units have been trained and equipped. Most of the surveillance and anti-poaching work is done by land (walking patrols or motorized patrols). Game guard units coordinate ground patrols through a radio network and the program uses from time to time, a CESSNA 185 aircraft for reconnaissance and air patrol work.
Aerial Surveys SRN has also commissioned three aerial wildlife surveys, in October 1998, October 2000 and October 2002. These aerial census of the numbers and distribution of game species, as well as the changes and trends between surveys were the most important and reliable management tool for the planning and sitting of tourism and other infrastructure, and for monitoring the extent and distribution of poaching and the success of combative measures.
For more on the Biodiversity Conservation and Management component see:
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Aerial Surveys – A monitoring Tool
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Capacity Building of the Reserve’s Staff
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Reserve’s Administrative Structures
