Walia Special Edition on the Bale Mountains (2011) - Zoologische ...
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Appendix 1: Some existing databases used in African C<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong><br />
management Informati<strong>on</strong> System (mIST)<br />
Descripti<strong>on</strong>: A spatial Management Informati<strong>on</strong> System (MIST) that provides park managers with<br />
up-to-date informati<strong>on</strong> for <strong>the</strong>ir planning, decisi<strong>on</strong>-making and evaluati<strong>on</strong>. It is designed to facilitate<br />
<strong>the</strong> horiz<strong>on</strong>tal informati<strong>on</strong> flow, data integrity and use of meta-data. It was developed by GTZ for<br />
<strong>the</strong> Ugandan Wildlife Authority. For more informati<strong>on</strong>: http://www.uwa.or.ug/IS.htm<br />
Serengeti ranger Based m<strong>on</strong>itoring Program<br />
Descripti<strong>on</strong>: An Access database that catalogues <strong>the</strong> spatial locati<strong>on</strong> of events witnessed by field<br />
rangers <strong>on</strong> a daily basis. Events include <strong>the</strong> locati<strong>on</strong>s of poacher camps, rare and endangered species,<br />
disease and carcass reports, snare-lines and weap<strong>on</strong>s c<strong>on</strong>fiscated, poacher and trespasser arrests.<br />
The raw data is collected using GPS and standardized patrol forms. Automated reports are designed<br />
to give managers a quick over view of illegal events occurring in <strong>the</strong> park <strong>on</strong> a m<strong>on</strong>thly basis. For<br />
more informati<strong>on</strong>: http://www.serengetidata.org<br />
Survey Informati<strong>on</strong> System at TAWIrI (SISTA)<br />
Descripti<strong>on</strong>: A mySqL database designed for wildlife census data for all Tanzanian protected areas.<br />
The database allows a user to enter data, <strong>the</strong>n estimates wildlife populati<strong>on</strong>s by species and by area,<br />
as well as generating reports and maps for <strong>the</strong> census. For more informati<strong>on</strong>: http://www.tawiri.org<br />
Grumeti reserves Database<br />
Descripti<strong>on</strong>: An Access database designed to house informati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> poaching events, poacher<br />
interviews, photo library, court cases, and aspects of ecological m<strong>on</strong>itoring. It is a pencil-paperand-GPS<br />
driven data collecti<strong>on</strong> scheme that is designed to have informati<strong>on</strong> flow from foot<br />
patrols to managers and back. For more informati<strong>on</strong>: http://www.grumetireserves.com/ or info@<br />
grumetireserves.com/<br />
World Species List – Ethiopia<br />
Descripti<strong>on</strong>: A taxa database for all plants, animals and microbes recorded for Ethiopia. This website<br />
automatically searches o<strong>the</strong>r many existing databases by country or regi<strong>on</strong> and produces <strong>the</strong> results.<br />
It is a very useful site for getting compiling records and distributi<strong>on</strong>s. For more informati<strong>on</strong>: http://<br />
species.enviroweb.org/countries/oooet.html<br />
M<strong>on</strong>itoring <strong>the</strong> Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE)<br />
Descripti<strong>on</strong>: A CITES database designed to collect informati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> illegal killing of elephants<br />
across Africa and to measure <strong>the</strong>se trends over time. MIKE also aims to determine <strong>the</strong> factors<br />
causing or associated with such changes. Data is collected from field patrol units, is processed at<br />
nati<strong>on</strong>al levels and submitted into an internati<strong>on</strong>al database. For more informati<strong>on</strong>: http://www.<br />
cites.org/eng/prog/MIKE/index.shtml<br />
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