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UNIT 4: ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Read the information given below and develop a report containing:
• An overall EMS strategy;
• A preliminary environment review checklist;
• A checklist of activities that could be undertaken in an environment
management programme, including staff training and visitor
communication;
• A monitoring checklist to asses the achievements of the environment
management programme.
Make a 15-30 minute presentation outlining the contents of the report.
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Every year, the Park
authorities allocate a
number of hunting
permits for certain
species of abundant
antelope to the local
population. The
objective is to provide”
game meat for local
consumption
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Eland Safari Lodge is located on the outskirts of a major game reserve,
somewhere in Central Africa. It operates 83 rooms, two indoor restaurants, a
garden bar and restaurant, a lounge bar, a swimming pool, and a pool bar. The
back office areas consist of administrative offices, kitchen, storerooms, a cold
room, and maintenance rooms.
The average length of stay is 4-6 days. Over 70% of guests are from overseas.
The Eland Safari Lodge also operates a safari (wild life viewing) service ‘Savannah
Calling’. The welcome and information desk is located next to the Lodge’s
reception, and this enables guests to confirm bookings directly upon arrival.
Savannah Calling operates 5 open-roof, four-wheel drive vehicles, which seat 7
passengers, and 3 open-roof, 16-seat minibuses. The service employs 6 full-time
game rangers. During the peak seasons 3 to 4 additional wildlife enthusiasts are
hired to work as ranger-chauffeurs. Savannah Calling operates a programme of
4 game drives a day – at dawn, late afternoon, dusk and night. Each drive lasts
around 2 1/2 hours.
The surrounding landscape is typical of the savannah bush: dryland vegetation
and grass plains interspersed with wooded areas, ponds, and the occasional small
lake. There are two monsoon seasons per annum. However, over recent years, the
monsoons have not been regular and annual rainfall has halved.
The Park originally covered 1,700 square kilometres but today incorporates 1,500
square kilometres. This size reduction is due to:
• Increasing pressure for agricultural land from the local population
living in the buffer zones;
• The lack of adequate funds to maintain 1,700 square kilometres as a
protected area.
Resident wildlife species include over 300 species of birds, elephant, wildebeest,
rhino, hippopotamus, zebra, giraffe, antelope species such as gazelle, topi and
eland, crocodile, fox, hyena, and the big predator cats – lion, leopard and
cheetah.
The local population live around the buffer zones of the Park, and continue to rely
on the Park’s ecosystems for fuel and building materials such as peat and grass.
They are also allowed to hunt ‘permitted species’ 10 for meat.
The nearest large town, Pembroek, is 250 kilometres north of the Park – five or
six hours by road. The capital city is 400 kilometres west of the Park. There are 2
flights a week from the capital to a small airport located around 100 kilometres
north of the Park.
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