Guiding principles for reserve management - NCC Environmental ...

Management actions and targetsKPA 3: Enforcement, Security and Access ControlObjective3.1: Secure the boundaries of, and maintain controlled access to, the WNRManagement action Priority Management targets Key performanceindicators(i) Ensure that all eight reserve entry points/gates are secure andThe reserve assets Record of naturaladequately administered.are secure.resource use in reserve.(ii) Maintain and administer an access control and/or permittingThe reserve visitors Incident record of illegalsystem for access to the reserve for hunting (commercial operators),and users have access.the harvesting of broom grass, the collection of firewood, visitingequitable access tograve sites and the collection of fountain water (local communities).the reserve, and aresafe from harm.(iii) Upgrade ~10 km of 1.6 m high boundary stock fence (in the areaadjacent to the Glen Alpine Dam) to 2.4 m high game fencing.(iv) Ensure the regular maintenance of the perimeter fencing in thereserve.(v) Facilitate controlled access for external institutions, organisationsand/or NGOs undertaking relevant research and monitoring programswithin the reserve.Objective 3.2: Sustain an effective law enforcement and compliance capacity in the WNRManagement action Priority Management targets Key performanceindicators(i) Ensure the provision of enforcement and compliance training for allIncremental decrease Number of formalreserve field staff.in incidences of warnings and fines(ii) Ensure that the field ranger staff complement is adequatelyillegal activities issued, and successfulresourced and equipped to fulfil an effective enforcement andoccurring in the prosecutions concluded.compliance function.reserve.(iii) Maintain regular foot and vehicle patrols of the reserve and itsboundaries, focusing on known poaching ‘hotspots’ in the northernsection.(iv) Maintain and collate information on all enforcement incidents.(v) Establish and maintain a network of informants in local villages.ResponsibilityReserve ManagerWonderkop NatureReserveManagementCommittee;Reserve ManagerReserve ManagerReserve ManagerLEDET (BiodiversityUnit); ReserveManagerResponsibilityLEDET: HR & HRDLEDET: HR, HRD &SISReserve ManagerReserve ManagerReserve ManagerTime frame1 2 3 4 5Time frame1 2 3 4 5LEDET Reserve Management Documents: Wonderkop Nature Reserve (Strategic Plan) 37