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MEE620S - METHODOLOGY OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION - 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
(NATURE CONSERVATION)
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BNTC
LEVEL: 6
COURSE CODE: MEE 6208S
COURSE NAME: METHODOLOGY OF
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
SESSSION: JANUARY 2020
DURATION: 3 HOURS
PAPER: THEORY
MARKS: 125
SUPPLEMENTARY/SECOND OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER (S)
MODERATOR
MS. S. BETHUNE
MR. W. DIERGAARDT
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.
3. Two articles from Conservation and Environment in Namibia.
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF SIX PAGES, (excluding this front page)
And including 1 page from Conservation and Environmenitn Namibia:
“Rhino poachers caught due to tip-off from //Haub conservancy member”
and“ A-successful reward scheme clamps down.on pangolin trafficking”
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MEE 2019 SECOND OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION PAPER
JAN 2020
QUESTION 1: PRESENTATIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND RISKS
1.1 Briefly discuss five scientifically-evident climate changes that have been observed
(5)
and measured in Namibia, that confirm that climate change is real.
1.2 Based on what you learnt about the African Wild Dog research and their work to
(10)
try to understand and reduce Human- predator conflicts, from the researcher,
Nadia le Roux, at the Cheetah Conservation Foundation (CCF) during the Kunene
excursion. Prepare a short, interactive, 5 slide presentation to present to Grade 9
learners in Otjiwarongo. Touch on why wild dogs are important and vulnerable in
Namibia, as well as what CCF and is doing to find out more about these predators.
Show the lay-out for this 10 minute, interactive presentation. Draw the outline of
each slide, give the headings and the main text points. Either sketch or describe
the Illustrations you use.
If you were not on the Kunene excursion prepare a similar slide show on cheetah,
lion or elephant research in Namibia, related to reducing Human-wildlife conflict.
1.3
Your classmate, doing WIL at the Rare and Endangered Species Trust (REST) is
(5)
preparing a presentation on Pangolins and the illegal trade in their scales to make
farmers around Otjiwarongo more aware of the poaching issue. She asked you for
five tips to ensure her audience can follow her power point presentation.
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QUESTION 2: TRENDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
2.1 What do we mean by Education for Sustainable living?
2:2 Name the Namibian Environmental Education Centre that leads by example, in
terms of sustainable living and say where it is located.
2.3 Study the illustration on the next page and answer the following questions:
2.3.1 Name and discuss the educational approach or theory illustrated in A, in terms of
(5)
the role of the teacher, the environmental intention and give 2 methods teachers
use when teaching like this.
2.3.2 Which of the two educational approaches in the illustration is used by the Giraffe
(5)
Conservation Fund during their Environmental Education outings to Daan Viljoen
Game Reserve and motivate your answer?
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QUESTION 3: EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, CRITICAL THINKING AND BARRIERS
3.1 Your posture or body language is very important when giving a presentation.
(6)
Describe three common mistakes that you must avoid and why.
3.2 Recall the video, “12 Angry Men”, where the main character, the architect, Mr.
(10)
MacArthur, has difficulty persuading the other jury members to critically assess
the evidence. Name and discuss five, Critical Thinking skills that Mr McArthur
has, and motivate how he uses each to gradually persuade the other jury
members that ‘reasonable doubt” exists.
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QUESTION 4: ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
4.1. Asanemployee of IRDNC, you deal with Human/Lion conflicts in the Big 3
(6)
conservancies around the Palmwag concession area. An angry farmer from
Ganamub village, who allowed his cattle to feed in the Hoanib River, has lost two
calves to lions. He has come to talk to you about this at the Anabeb Conservancy
office. Describe how you will handle this face-to-face interview.
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4.2 a) Write a short (100 - 150 word) article for the “NUST Brief’ on your participation
(6)
in the “Fridays for Future” March, in Windhoek on 20 September this year and
Provide suitable captions for both photographs below, to illustrate your article:
(2)
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In your own words, critically assess the structure of the article: say what attracts the
reader, what makes it interesting and easy to read, what that message is, the
benefits it shows and how you can help to prevent poaching of these endangered
animals.
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QUESTION 5: EFFECTIVE MEETINGS
5.1 Based on your experience as a class when planning the “Fridays for Future” march,
draw up 5 point agenda, for the wrap up, feedback, meeting held after the
successful march on 20 September this year.
5.2 List four other tasks of the secretary of an organisation such as a conservancy
(4)
management committee.
5.3 What is the role of an extension worker at such committee meeting?
(1)
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QUESTION 6: WORKING WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS
6.1 Relate the saying, “Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach him to fish
(2)
and he will feed his family all his life”, to extension work”
6.2 On your excursion to the conservancies in north-western Namibia you noticed
(6)
that although there are mopane trees, there are no young trees. You are
concerned that overgrazing and resultant erosion have caused this lack of
recruitment. Therefore you would like to encourage the Anabeb communal
farmers to take better care of their plant resources by taking steps to reduce
overgrazing. How would you go about forming such a farmers group?
6.3 Based on your meetings with committee members of different Conservancy
Management committees, on your Kunene excursion, either this year or last year.
Describe the most effective way to be seated for such a meeting. You may draw a
sketch to show the most appropriate seating arrangement.
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QUESTION 7: GROUP EXTENSION METHODS
Indicate which group extension method would be best suited to each situation
and briefly explain why.
7.1 Conservancies near Waterberg have asked you, a researcher at CCF, about how
they can combat bush encroachment while also getting an income from this.
7.2 Participants at a community workshop on the impacts of different fishing methods
on the fish populations in the Okavango River and floodplains need to explore the
advantages and disadvantages of each of five fishing methods.
7.3 Rhino poaching is becoming a serious threat in Namibia. NBC has invited, the Hon
(2)
Pohamba P Shifeta, the Minister of Environment and Tourism, Dr Axel Hartmann,
the chief Vet in Etosha National Park, the head of the anti-poaching unit at
NamPol, and Dr Tendai Nzuma, Ecology lecturer at NUST, to explain the
seriousness of this issue to the Namibian public.
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7.4 Alien invasive control has been very effective at Waterberg and you would like to
(2)
teach members of Doro !nawas Conservancy how to control their alien invasive
Nicotiana glauca infestation in the Ugab River.
7.5 M.E.T. has offered to reintroduce game into the Oskop Conservancy in the Hardap
(2)
Region, but the conservancy committee first need to learn more about monitoring
their rainfall, vegetation and game numbers using the events book system.
7.6 The National Herbarium wants to train NUST plant studies students how to collect,
(2)
lable and correctly mount plant specimens.
7.7 A new conservancy is being formed along the Okavango River and you would like
(2)
to give the new committee a chance to see how established conservancies such as
#Khoadi //Hoas and Anabeb have successfully incorporated community based
tourism and joint-ventures in their activities.
7.8 The Gobabeb Namib Research Centre is having an open day and needs an
entertaining way to make the visitors more aware of the importance of floods and
how water resources are shared by users upstream and downstream.
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QUESTION 8: PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISALS
8.1 Explain what is meant by “visual sharing” and what are two advantages of this?
(3)
8.2 Decide which PRA technique or method to use in each of the following scenarios
and in each case explain why the method you selected is the best one to use.
8.2.1 Where the village gets its water supply and how it is used/shared within the village? (3)
8.2.2 You are an extension officer working with the Okavango River Basin Management
(3)
Committee and you want to convince communal farmers in the Kavango Region that
cutting trees along the riverbanks leads to deforestation, erosion and loss of
important riverine habitats.
8.2.3 As the community campsite manager at Spitskopje you would like to know how rainf
in the Tsesib conservancy varies throughout the year?
8.2.4 How the water supply infrastructure has improved in the Cuvelai Basin every
ten years since 1960?
8.2.5 You as the manager of the Anabeb Conservancy want illiterate community members
(3)
to prioritize the importance of different natural resources in their area to help him
advise the management of the resources they feel are most important.
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‘emibia is making great progress in combating wildlife crime using
<s full array of strategic weapons, but the war is far from over. Our
-vestigative procedures and legal system must align even further
72 counteract the changing strategies of poaching and trafficking
syndicates who are quick to respond to Namibia’s adaptive law
=>forcement approaches. There is every reason to have confidence in
‘\\\\emibia’s commitment and integrated strategy to fight and prosecute
»\\dlife crime. Finally, every Namibian citizen needs to become fully
2ware of the severity of wildlife crime, so that we use our incredible
<ollective power to help the authorities crack down on those who
would dare to steal from us.
References:
Operation Blue Rhino: hes VERSE ee cau f
unit-nails-73-poachers2019-11-30/
2017 Namibia increased the penalties: pen
ma/163122/archive-read/NS25m-or-20-years-
Magistrate Clara Mwilima during her recent sen
Gamibian-comina/:
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RHINO POACHERS CAUGHT DUE TO TIP-OFF FROM //HUAB
CONSERVANCY MEMBER
The //Huab Conservancy in the Kunene Region is home to some
af Namibia’s free-ranging black rhino, but until recently the
conservancy has struggled to generate income from its wildlife.
Due to its largely inaccessible location off the main tourism route
n southern Kunene, //Huab’s members have reaped few benefits
rom their wildlife in the past. This changed when Ultimate Safaris
established a lodge in the conservancy in 2016 and developed a
unique rhino tracking tourism product that employs conservancy
rhino rangers to monitor the rhinos and allows guests to view
them unobtrusively. Ultimate Safaris is thus demonstrating the
tangible value of rhinos to local people.
During June 2017 a member of the //Huab Conservancy noticed
some suspicious activity on the road north of Khorixas while
herding livestock. Knowing that these people might be on the way
to kill one of the black rhinos, he alerted the local authorities.
This tip-off led to the rapid deployment of police and MET rangers
to the area, where they found the suspects and arrested them.
They were armed and clearly prepared for poaching activities.
The driver who dropped them off in the area, and was to collect
them later, was lured back to the area, resulting in the arrest of
the driver and the impoundment of the vehicle. This was enough
evidence to open a court case against them. Criminal syndicates
will find it increasingly difficult to operate in areas where the local
people understand the value of their wildlife and know what to
do when they spot suspicious activities.
http://www.ultimatesafaris.na/about/journeys-under-canvas
A SUCCESSFUL REWARD
SCHEME CLAMPS DOWN ON
PANGOLIN TRAFFICKING
Bringing Namibian citizens on
board to fight wildlife crime
involves increasing their
awareness of the problem and
providing suitable incentives
for them to act. While the
crimes against rhinos and
elephants are well known,
and their value to the country
has been well publicised,
the pangolin has historically
received less attention than
it deserves. Pangolins are the
most trafficked animal in the world, and this illegal international
trade started affecting Namibia in early 2017 as cases of
pangolin trafficking increased to unprecedented levels.
To counter this new threat, the Ministry of Environment
and Tourism joined the Namibian Chamber of Environment
and other partners to set up a reward scheme to incentivise
Namibians to report pangolin trafficking. Cash rewards are
offered for information leading to the arrest of poachers, and
the reward amount is increased if the informant is willing to
testify in court. Since its inception in late 2017 up to January
2019 this scheme has led to 75 criminal cases being opened,
139 arrests, and the rescue and rehabilitation of 45 live
pangolins. This shows what can be achieved when we invite
ordinary citizens to participate in the war against wildlife crime.
http://www.n-c-e.org/sites/default/files/2019-02/
Pangolin%20saving%20scheme%20paying%200ff%20-%20
Environment%20-%20Namibian%20Sun.pdf
CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN NAMIBIA 2019 = 17
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=mibia is making great progress in combating wildlife crime using
s tull array of strategic weapons, but the war is far from over. Our
~vestigative procedures and legal system must align even further
“2 counteract the changing strategies of poaching and trafficking
=/ndicates who are quick to respond to Namibia’s adaptive law
=7orcement approaches. There is every reason to have confidence in
‘emibia’s commitment and integrated strategy to fight and prosecute
dlife crime. Finally, every Namibian citizen needs to become fully
=ware of the severity of wildlife crime, so that we use our incredible
-o|lective power to help the authorities crack down on those who
would dare to steal from us.
ee
Fae
a
Operation Ble Rhine: https://www.namibiansun.
Unit-nails-73-poachers2018-441-30/
im 2017 Namibia increased the penalties: res
paper ats ete
a sae Cant
RHINO POACHERS CAUGHT DUE TO TIP-OFF FROM //HUAB
CONSERVANCY MEMBER
The //Huab Conservancy in the Kunene Region is home to some
of Namibia’s free-ranging black rhino, but until recently the
conservancy has struggled to generate income from its wildlife.
Due to its largely inaccessible location off the main tourism route
1 southern Kunene, //Huab’s members have reaped few benefits
-rom their wildlife in the past. This changed when Ultimate Safaris
established a lodge in the conservancy in 2016 and developed a
unique rhino tracking tourism product that employs conservancy
-hino rangers to monitor the rhinos and allows guests to view
them unobtrusively. Ultimate Safaris is thus demonstrating the
tangible value of rhinos to local people.
During June 2017 a member of the //Huab Conservancy noticed
some suspicious activity on the road north of Khorixas while
nerding livestock. Knowing that these people might be on the way
to kill one of the black rhinos, he alerted the local authorities.
This tip-off led to the rapid deployment of police and MET rangers
to the area, where they found the suspects and arrested them.
They were armed and clearly prepared for poaching activities.
The driver who dropped them off in the area, and was to collect
them later, was lured back to the area, resulting in the arrest of
the driver and the impoundment of the vehicle. This was enough
evidence to open a court case against them. Criminal syndicates
will find it increasingly difficult to operate in areas where the local
people understand the value of their wildlife and know what to
do when they spot suspicious activities.
http://www.ultimatesafaris.na/about/journeys-under-canvas
A SUCCESSFUL REWARD
SCHEME CLAMPS DOWN ON
PANGOLIN TRAFFICKING
Bringing Namibian citizens on
board to fight wildlife crime
involves increasing their
awareness of the problem and
providing suitable incentives
for them to act. While the
crimes against rhinos and
elephants are well known,
and their value to the country
has been well publicised,
the pangolin has historically
received less attention than
it deserves. Pangolins are the
most trafficked animal in the world, and this illegal international
trade started affecting Namibia in early 2017 as cases of
pangolin trafficking increased to unprecedented levels.
To counter this new threat, the Ministry of Environment
and Tourism joined the Namibian Chamber of Environment
and other partners to set up a reward scheme to incentivise
Namibians to report pangolin trafficking. Cash rewards are
offered for information leading to the arrest of poachers, and
the reward amount is increased if the informant is willing to
testify in court. Since its inception in late 2017 up to January
2019 this scheme has led to 75 criminal cases being opened,
139 arrests, and the rescue and rehabilitation of 45 live
pangolins. This shows what can be achieved when we invite
ordinary citizens to participate in the war against wildlife crime.
http://www.n-c-e.org/sites/default/files/2019-02/
Pangolin%20saving%20scheme%20paying%200ff%20-%20
Environment%20-%20Namibian%20Sun.pdf
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