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WLM821S - WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT - 1ST OPP - NOV 2022 |
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nAm I BI A u n IVE RS ITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTYOF HEALTHNATURAL RESOURCESAND APPLIEDSCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCESSCIENCES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT HONOURS (NATURE
CONSERVATION)
QUALIFICATION CODE: 08BHNC
LEVEL: 8
COURSE CODE: WLM821S
COURSE NAME: WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
SESSION: NOVEMBER 2022
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 100
FIRSTOPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S) Prof. Morgan Hauptfleisch
MODERATOR: Dr. Mark Bilton
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number the answers clearly.
PERMISSIBLEMATERIALS
1. Examination question paper
2. Answering book
THIS PAPER CONSISTS OF 2 PAGES (excluding this front page)
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Question 1:
Camera traps {trail cameras) have become an important monitoring tool for wildlife
management. Evaluate this statement with guidance from the categories below:
1.1 The wildlife monitoring information they can provide?
{10)
1.2 What management information can you not extract from camera trap monitoring?
{10)
[20]
Question 2:
2.1 Mammalian predators are important components of wildlife ecosystems in Namibia.
Discuss this statement referring specifically to aspects of human-wildlife conflict, ungulate
management, wildlife economics and biodiversity conservation.
[20]
Question 3:
Physical management of wildlife is complex and can be done in various ways. Assess each of
the management strategies below and decide how you will manage wildlife under each
strategy, and why.
3.1 A small trophy hunting farm of 3 000 hectares in the central shrub and tree savanna of
Namibia;
{10)
3.2 A multi-use conservation landscape, such as the Etosha South-West Landscape, which
includes Etosha National Park, Etosha Heights Private Reserve, commercial farms and
communal conservancies.
{15)
3.3 The overall management of elephants in Namibia.
{15)
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Question 4:
Redraw the table below, and conduct a root cause analysis for the problem of rhino
poaching in Namibia using the four immediate causes as starting point. Also fill in two
interventions per immediate cause in the last column to reduce the conflict.
Immediate Cause
1
Underlying causes
Root causes
Interventions
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5
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