Okavango Delta Management Plan - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

No. <strong>Management</strong> Area Key issues Key Activities Status and documentation Recommendations
6 Sustainable tourism
and CBNRM
7 Sustainable
fisheries tilization
& management
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To create enabling environment
for conservation, sustainable
utilization and management:
Ensure sustainable use of OD’s
fish resources:
Predators-livestock interactions The baseline study on cheetah and leopard
predation has been completed ( ODMP – Leopard
and cheetah baseline inventory in the <strong>Okavango</strong>
<strong>Delta</strong> particularly in relation to areas of
Human Wildlife Conflict, 2006).
Assess carrying capacity and limits
of acceptable change for tourism
business
Diversify tourism and CBNRM
Citizen engagement
District tourism development plan
Tourism monitoring and
information system
Revise and implement draft
fisheries regulations.
Undertake fish stock assessment
and fish frame survey
Improve stakeholder participation
conflict resolution through the
<strong>Okavango</strong> Fisherman <strong>Management</strong>
Committee.
Leopard and cheetah conflict with community
occurs, as in other localities, predominately along
the interface between wildlife habitat and
communal land areas.
Number of livestock deaths due to leopard and
cheetah predation was statistically insignificant in
terms of total herd size for Ngamiland District.
However, households experience conflict from a
wide spectrum of wildlife species such that the
household impact of conflict is cumulative and
compounded
The compensation rates were comparable with
prices of donkeys and were well under selling
parity prices for calves, cows and goats.
Study ongoing and due for completion in March
2007
Study ongoing and due for completion in March
2007
Study ongoing and due for completion in March
2007
Study ongoing and due for completion in March
2007
Study ongoing and due for completion in March
2007
The regulations have been revised and
stakeholder consultations have been completed.
Fish stock assessment is still underway as well as
analysis of fish frame survey.
The revival of the <strong>Okavango</strong> Fishermen
<strong>Management</strong> Committee is awaiting the results of
the fish stock assessment and fish frame survey.
<strong>Management</strong> effort should be directed at
participatory development of conflict
mitigation policy and strategy and the
strengthening of resource value and
ownership at the community level.
DWNP Research portfolio should be
focused on strengthening monitoring
activities and focusing the research
agenda to outcomes based approach in
predator management.