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RWM820S - RANGELAND AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT B - 2ND OPP - JAN 2020 |
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NAMIBIA UNIVERSITY
OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FACULTY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND SPATIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SCIENCES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT HONOURS (NATURE
CONSERVATION)
QUALIFICATION CODE: O8BHNC
LEVEL: 8
COURSE CODE: RWM820S
COURSE NAME: RANGELAND ANDWILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT B
SESSION: JANUARY 2020
DURATION: 3 HOURS
PAPER: THEORY
MARKS: 100
SUPPLEMENTARY/ SECOND OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S) | DR MORGAN HAUPTFLEISCH
MoperRaTOoR: | DR MARK BILTON
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number the answers clearly.
PERMISSIBLE MATERIALS
1. All written work MUST be done in blue or black ink
2. No books, notes and other additional aids are allowed
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 2 PAGES (excluding this front page)
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Question 1:
With reference to the camera trap count, road strip count and aerial survey of Onguma
Private Reserve:
1.1 What wildlife management benefit did the game count have?
(10)
1.2 What did the game count not achieve? Why not? How could it have been improved to
achieve this?
(10)
1.3 From the results of the game count, what recommendations would you make for
improved wildlife counting on the game farm?
(10)
1.4 Looking at the wildlife census at Etosha Heights and Onguma critically, which method
was the best to determine actual numbers of wildlife on the farm?
(10)
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Question 2:
Human-wildlife conflict increased significantly in the drought of 2015-2017 in Namibia’s
north-west conservancies. Using your knowledge of systems thinking and systems
dynamics, analyse the reasons for this increase (use a graph of predator-prey interactions
as part of your analysis).
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Question 3:
Discuss the breeding and use as economic commodity (current and potential) of the
following wildlife species / variants in Namibia.
3.1 Disease free buffalo
(10)
3.2 Golden gemsbok
(6)
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3.3 White springbok
(4)
3.4 Llama
(5)
3.5 Game birds
(5)
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Question 4:
Systems thinking and systems dynamics is an important discipline for explaining
interconnectedness between ecological and social systems.
Discuss the above statement, and describe two examples where systems dynamics will be
particularly useful.
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