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nAmlBIA unlVERSITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTY OF HEALTH, NATURAL RESOURCESAND APPLIED SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SCIENCES
QUALIFICATION : BACHELOR OF NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT HONOURS {NATURE
CONSERVATION)
QUALIFICATION CODE: 08BHNC
LEVEL: 8
COURSE CODE: WLM821S
COURSE NAME: WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
DATE: JANUARY 2025
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 100
EXAMINER{S)
SECOND OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
Mr. Jeremia K.L. Amutenya
MODERATOR: Dr Mark Bilton
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number the answers clearly.
PERMISSIBLE MATERIALS
1. None
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 1 PAGE (Excluding this front page)
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QUESTION 1 (Principles of Wildlife Management)
1.1. Explain the concept of Adaptive Management and its application in wildlife (15)
management and provide details of its importance towards the management of
wildlife resources.
1.2. Physical management of wildlife is complex and can be done in various ways.
(19)
Assess each of the management strategies below and decide how you will
manage wildlife under each strategy, and why.
1.2.1 A small trophy hunting farm of 3,000 hectares in the central shrub (5)
and tree savanna of Namibia.
1.2.2 A multi-use conservation landscape, such as the Etosha South- (8)
West Landscape, which includes Etosha National Park, Etosha
Heights Private Reserve, commercial farms and communal
conservancies.
1.2.3 The overall management of elephants in Namibia.
(7)
[35)
QUESTION 2 (Wildlife Monitoring)
With reference to the Wildlife Census you conducted at B2Gold's Otjikoto Nature Reserve,
answer the below questions:
2.1. What wildlife management benefit did the game count have?
(10)
2.2. What did the game count not achieve? Why not? How could it have been (10)
improved to achieve this?
2.3. From the results of the game count, what recommendations would you make for (5)
improved wildlife counting on the game farm?
[25)
QUESTION 3 (Human-Wildlife Conflict)
3.1. Human-wildlife conflict in Namibia takes many forms. Discuss two specific human- (10)
wildlife conflict types which threaten human livelihoods and wildlife populations,
and how they should be mitigated.
3.2. The Revised National Policy on Human Wildlife Conflict Management is based on (10)
several fundamental principles. Discuss those principles and indicate how they
intend to ensure wildlife preservation in Namibia.
[20)
QUESTION 4 (Wildlife Resource Economics)
Discuss wildlife as an economic commodity in Namibia. Refer to the following using (20)
examples where appropriate: (a) types of wildlife use, (b) effects on the national
economy, (c) effects on communal areas, (d) effects on commercial properties, (e)
conservation challenges that a focus on wildlife economics bring and (f) threats to
realising the full economic potential from wildlife use.
[20)
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END OF QUESTION PAPER
Wildlife Management (WLM821S)
2nd Opportunity- January 2025