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KPA 1: BIODIVERSITY AND HERITAGE CONSERVATION<strong>Guiding</strong> <strong>principles</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>reserve</strong> <strong>management</strong>Fauna# GUIDING PRINCIPLE1The <strong>reserve</strong> shall con<strong>for</strong>m to the following LEDET policies, procedures and/or guidelinesrelating to wildlife <strong>management</strong>:- Guidelines <strong>for</strong> aerial game census on provincial nature <strong>reserve</strong>s (12/6/12/7/1);- Guidelines <strong>for</strong> culling on provincial nature <strong>reserve</strong>s (12/6/12/7/7);- Technical <strong>management</strong> guidelines and procedures <strong>for</strong> game registers on provincialnature <strong>reserve</strong>s (12/6/12/7/8);- Technical <strong>management</strong> guidelines and procedures <strong>for</strong> game capture on provincialnature <strong>reserve</strong>s (12/6/12/7/8);- Technical <strong>management</strong> guidelines and procedures <strong>for</strong> the introduction of mammalsinto provincial nature <strong>reserve</strong>s (2008);- Policy on the donation of game from State-owned nature <strong>reserve</strong>s to HistoricallyDisadvantaged Individuals (HDIs) in the wildlife industry;- Provincial directive on the control and <strong>management</strong> of damage-causing wild animalsin Limpopo Province; and- Draft policy <strong>for</strong> the reduction of game from (provincial) nature <strong>reserve</strong>s.23456Wildlife <strong>management</strong> in the <strong>reserve</strong> must be focused primarily on protecting the ecologicalfunctioning of the <strong>reserve</strong>.Wildlife stocking densities should be maintained within the ecological capacity of thesupporting habitats of the <strong>reserve</strong>.A regular programme <strong>for</strong> monitoring the veld condition, the animal numbers and the physicalcondition of animals must be in place to ensure that the ecological capacity of the <strong>reserve</strong> isnot exceeded.Population <strong>management</strong> of wildlife species shall be required to ensure that such species arenot causing the ecological degradation of the <strong>reserve</strong>.Wherever practicable, non-lethal and environmentally-friendly measures should bedeveloped and implemented to limit, or mitigate, the impacts of any indigenous problemcausinganimal in, or escaping from, the <strong>reserve</strong>.Fire# GUIDING PRINCIPLE1 The <strong>reserve</strong> shall con<strong>for</strong>m to the legal requirements of the NVFFA.23Unplanned wildfires that occur in areas where it could have undesirable ecological effects,threaten <strong>reserve</strong> infrastructure, or threaten neighbouring properties shall be suppressed orcontrolled wherever possible.Unplanned wildfires that occur in <strong>reserve</strong> areas where it will do no ecological harm and/orthreaten properties may be allowed to burn, provided that safety concerns are notcompromised.LEDET Reserve Management Documents: Wonderkop Nature Reserve (Strategic Plan) 27
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