1. Annual Natural Resource Report
Wildlife Trends
Game counts
Data from monthly fixed foot patrols. Index calculated as number of sightings per patrol.
Wildlife Populations
Sightings
Estimates
Photo: M. Jarvis
Species
Animals seen
Duiker 7
Eland 20
Impala 23
Kudu 11
Roan 1
Burchell's zebra 9
Species
Likely estimate
Duiker
1239
Kudu
604
Sightings are animals seen in the conservancy during the annual game count. Estimates are for the local area and include Kwandu, Mashi, Mayuni & Sobbe.
Photo: S. Mayes
Photo: S. Linder
Photo: A. Symonds
Predator sightings
Index calculated as number of sightings per event book.
Locally rare species
Mortalities
Environmental monitoring
Species
Animals seen
Eland
270
Giraffe
209
Blue wildebeest 60
Species
Animals dead
Duiker 2
Eland
Giraffe 1
Reedbuck
Tsessebe
Warthog
Vegetation
Pie indicates change in bush cover between 2007 and 2009
Locally rare species are those which are currently infrequently observed in the conservancy
Mortalities are animals found dead during patrols and opportunistic sightings
Mashi

2. Number of Community Game Guards:
Mashi
Wildlife Use
Wildlife Income
Species
Quota
Type of Utilisation
Total used
Own Use
Trophy
Capture
Shoot & Sell
Traditional
Problem animal
Elephant 4 1 2
Hippo
Crocodile
Lechwe
Reed buck
Blue wildebeest 3
Buffalo 5
Impala
Warthog
Kudu
Baboon 10
Burchell's zebra
Sable
Hyaena
Leopard
Duiker
Lion
Guinea fowl 20
RB francolin 50
Egyptian goose
Photo: T. Robertson
Year
Species
Number
2007
Eland 43
Giraffe 14
Impala 28
2009 50 25
Wildlife Introductions
Threats
Natural Resource Management
Human-Wildlife Conflict
Poaching
Performance:
Weak Good
Incidents
Incidents
Species
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Baboon 2 4 3 14 10
Crocodile 1 5
Elephant 41
116 28 40 27 95
188
237
Hippo 20 16 18 13 92 51 24
Hyaena 79 53 44 47 55 29 22
Jackal
Leopard 9
Lion 11 12 15
Pigs 6 57 62 31
Porcupine
Wild dog
Species 2009
Red bars indicate weak areas in the conservancy management performance which need to be addressed. Green bars indicate positive management performance.
Effort:
Number of Community Game Guards: 8
Rainfall (mm)
Damage
The species chart indicates the most troublesome to least troublesome conflict species in the conservancy. The Y-axis in HWC and poaching charts represents number of incidents.
Years with no bars indicate gaps in data collection
Mashi