The status of Vulnerable gaur Bos gaurus and Endangered banteng Bos javanicus in Ea So Nature Reserve and Yok Don and Cat Tien National Parks, Vietnam

Resource management in National parks (NP), Nature reserve (NR) aim to hold the status of biological resources of the area [4]. Up to now, Vietnam has established 31 NP and about 100 NR. Most of NR, NP was completed build biological database [4]. The traditional information sharing method has showed the limitations, causing many difficulties for the users, particularly when exploring the map information. WebGIS technology developed quickly with the functions included: internet access, query spatial data in the Internet, which has promoted the possibility aid, consult spatial data, link between tables and map [1, 5, 7]. Biodiversity Database of Xuan Lien NR was built based on tables and maps. The table database is designed as relational data, including the information and records. With animals is Class - Order - Family – Species and plants is Plant - Phylum - Family - Species. The code of the species included 4 parts. One part of character and 3 parts of numbers. The database are the records of 1142 plant species, 55 mammal species, 190 birds, 38 reptiles and 35 amphibians species. The map database include base map, zonation map, infrastructure maps, vegetation and distribution map of species in protected areas. Display Biodiversity data of NR by MapServer, showing base map, zonation map, infrastructure maps, vegetation and habitat map. Using the combined technologies of Remote Sensing, GIS and WebGIS to manage, display, sharing biodiversity data of NR promotion optimization capabilities in data analyses and combined tables with map. This technology may apply for management biodiversity database of all protected areas in Vietnam.

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Ecological thresholds and the status of fire-sensitive vegetation in western Arnhem Land, northern Australia: implications for management

International Journal of Wildland Fire ◽

10.1071/wf08008 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 127 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

Andrew C. Edwards ◽

Jeremy Russell-Smith

Keyword(s):

National Parks ◽

Fire History ◽

Fire Management ◽

Fire Regime ◽

Vegetation Types ◽

Northern Australia ◽

Study Region ◽

Ecological Thresholds ◽

Arnhem Land ◽

The Status

The paper examines the application of the ecological thresholds concept to fire management issues concerning fire-sensitive vegetation types associated with the remote, biodiversity-rich, sandstone Arnhem Plateau, in western Arnhem Land, monsoonal northern Australia. In the absence of detailed assessments of fire regime impacts on component biota such as exist for adjoining Nitmiluk and World Heritage Kakadu National Parks, the paper builds on validated 16-year fire history and vegetation structural mapping products derived principally from Landsat-scale imagery, to apply critical ecological thresholds criteria as defined by fire regime parameters for assessing the status of fire-sensitive habitat and species elements. Assembled data indicate that the 24 000 km2 study region today experiences fire regimes characterised generally by high annual frequencies (mean = 36.6%) of large (>10 km2) fires that occur mostly in the late dry season under severe fire-weather conditions. Collectively, such conditions substantially exceed defined ecological thresholds for significant proportions of fire-sensitive indicator rain forest and heath vegetation types, and the long-lived obligate seeder conifer tree species, Callitris intratropica. Thresholds criteria are recognised as an effective tool for informing ecological fire management in a variety of geographic settings.

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Peripheral development: position paper for the Directorate of the South African National Parks

Koedoe ◽

10.4102/koedoe.v42i2.236 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 42 (2) ◽

Author(s):

P. Novellie ◽

H. Biggs ◽

L. Braack ◽

N. Hanekom ◽

M. Knight ◽

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Keyword(s):

South African ◽

National Parks ◽

General Rule ◽

Position Paper ◽

The South ◽

The Status

The principle of peripheral development and its relevance to South African National Parks has been a recurring subject for debate. One viewpoint is that the principle should be applied as a general rule, and that in future all major developments of infrastructure should be on the periphery rather than the interior of national parks. The Scientific Services units of South African National Parks were asked to provide their views, and this note is the result. The consensus was that, although there is much to be said in general for the principle, there are circumstances in which developments on the periphery of a park could be deleterious. Hence, the principle does not merit the status of a rule.

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Status of crocodiles in the U Minh Thuong Nature Reserve, southern Vietnam

Pacific Conservation Biology ◽

10.1071/pc020062 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 62 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Bryan L. Stuart ◽

Benjamin Hayes ◽

Bui Huu Manh ◽

Steven G. Platt

Keyword(s):

Nature Reserve ◽

Local People ◽

Swamp Forest ◽

Field Surveys ◽

Southern Vietnam ◽

The Status ◽

In The Wild ◽

Crocodylus Siamensis

Both species of native crocodile, Siamese Crocodile Crocodylus siamensis and Estuarine Crocodile C. porosus, are seriously threatened in the wild in Vietnam. The swamp forest of the U Minh region in southern Vietnam was recently suggested to harbor the last remaining wild Estuarine Crocodiles in the country. We investigated the status of crocodiles in the U Minh Thuong Nature Reserve by conducting field surveys and interviewing local people. Field surveys found no signs of living wild crocodiles, and interview results strongly suggested that wild crocodiles have not occurred at U Minh Thuong Nature Reserve for perhaps as long as 30 years.

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Present day status and future of nature conservation in the Republic of Malawi

Koedoe ◽

10.4102/koedoe.v20i2.1277 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

Author(s):

D.G. Anstey Anstey ◽

A.J. Hall-Martin Hall-Martin

Keyword(s):

Nature Conservation ◽

National Parks ◽

Wildlife Conservation ◽

Colonial Administration ◽

Tsetse Control ◽

Benign Neglect ◽

Game Reserve ◽

The Status ◽

Game Fish ◽

The Republic

When Malawi (formerly Nyasaland) became independent in 1964 the status and future of its game reserves were in jeopardy. The former administration had adopted a policy of benign neglect towards the country's wildlife areas (Anon 1963), and the remnants of the Department of Game, Fish and Tsetse Control had been absorbed by the Forestry Department in 1963. Fortunately the Life President of Malawi, Dr H Kamuzu Banda, took a strong interest in wildlife conservation and it was only his personal intervention, and the advent of independence, that saved the former Lengwe Game Reserve from deproclamation (Hayes 1967) as planned by the colonial administration. With the Life President's encouragement and the dedicated efforts of the staff responsible for wildlife, the tide which had been running strongly against nature conservation was turned, culminating in the establishment of a separate Department of National Parks and Wildlife only a decade after independence.

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Developments in the Sudan Parks

Oryx ◽

10.1017/s0030605300011066 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 49-52 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson

Keyword(s):

National Parks ◽

National Park ◽

Blue Nile ◽

Forest Reserves ◽

The Status ◽

Roan Antelope ◽

Greater Kudu ◽

Wild Dog

The Sudan today has three National Parks and fifteen game reserves. In addition there are sanctuaries and forest reserves where hunting is forbidden.Dinder National Park covers 7120 sq. km (2750 sq. miles) and lies 406 km (315 miles) south-east from Khartoum, near the Ethiopian border in Blue Nile Province. Its fine assemblage of game includes elephant (during the rains), hippopotamus, giraffe, buffalo, roan antelope, waterbuck, tiang, greater kudu, red-fronted and Soemmering's gazelle, reedbuck, bushbuck, oribi, duiker, Salt's dikdik, warthog, bush pig, lion, leopard, cheetah, hyaena, wild dog, grivet and red hussar monkeys, and baboon. According to Dr William Dasmann (in litt. August 1972) the status of tora and lelwel hartebeest is uncertain. It has been decided not to reintroduce hippopotamus as poachers would be the only gainers.

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The status of rhinoceroses in South African National Parks

Koedoe ◽

10.4102/koedoe.v59i1.1392 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 59 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sam M. Ferreira ◽

Charlene Bissett ◽

Carly R. Cowell ◽

Angela Gaylard ◽

Cathy Greaver ◽

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Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

South African ◽

National Parks ◽

National Park ◽

Kruger National Park ◽

The South ◽

South Central ◽

The Status ◽

Annual Population ◽

Block Based

African rhinoceroses (rhinos) experienced a poaching onslaught since 2008 with the epicentre in South Africa where most of the world’s rhinos occur. South African national parks, under the management of South African National Parks (SANParks), are custodian to 49% of South Africa’s white and 31% of the country’s black rhinos. We collated information on rhino population sizes in seven national parks from 2011 to 2015. We include and report on rhino surveys in Kruger National Park during 2014 and 2015. Southwestern black rhinos increased over the study period, which allows SANParks to achieve its contribution to South Africa’s 2020 target of 260 individuals. South-central black rhinos declined over the study period because of poaching in the Kruger National Park, making it difficult for SANParks to realise a 9% increase per annum for its expected contribution to the South African target of 2800 individuals. For southern white rhinos, SANParks requires 5% annual growth for its contribution to the South African target of 20 400 individuals. To continue to evaluate the achievement of these targets, SANParks needs annual population estimates relying on total counts, mark-recapture techniques and block-based sample counts to track trends in rhino populations. SANParks’ primary challenge in achieving its contribution to South Africa’s rhino conservation targets is associated with curbing poaching in Kruger National Park.Conservation implications: The status and trends of rhino species in SANParks highlight key challenges associated with achieving the national targets of South Africa. Conservation managers will need to improve the protection of southern white rhino, while the Department of Environmental Affairs need to be made aware of the challenges specifically associated with not achieving targets for south-central black rhino. Outcomes for south-western black rhino have already realised and the good conservation efforts should continue.

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Wildlife in Zaïre

Oryx ◽

10.1017/s0030605300012941 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 25-33 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jacques Verschuren

Keyword(s):

National Parks ◽

Wildlife Conservation ◽

Director General ◽

General Assembly ◽

African Countries ◽

The World ◽

The Status ◽

The Will

Zaïre is one of the foremost African countries in thefieldof wildlife conservation, with large areas of wild country still almost untouched, a magnificent range of wildlife, large well managed national parks, and the will and intention to conserve and extend these, as President Mobutu Sese Seko has made clear. This year conservationists from all over the world will be able to see a little of how this vast country is conserving its wildlife when they meet there for the IUCN General Assembly. In this article the former Director General of Zaïre's Institut National pour la Conservation de la Nature, who has worked there as a biologist since 1948, surveys the main wildlife areas. A second article, in the next Oryx, will describe the status of the major mammals.

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On the use of the IUCN status for the management of trophy hunting

Wildlife Research ◽

10.1071/wr12121 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 39 (8) ◽

pp. 711 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Lucille Palazy ◽

Christophe Bonenfant ◽

Jean-Michel Gaillard ◽

Franck Courchamp

Keyword(s):

Wildlife Management ◽

Allee Effect ◽

Global Scale ◽

European Bison ◽

Status Change ◽

Management Actions ◽

Bos Javanicus ◽

Trophy Hunting ◽

Before And After ◽

The Status

Context Whether trophy hunting is beneficial or a threat to the conservation of species is an open and hotly debated question. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is in charge of assessing the need for species protection at the global scale and providing a useful guide for sustainable exploitation and conservation. Consideration of the IUCN status in wildlife management and its consequences on the attractiveness of trophy-hunted species remains to be quantified. Aims The present study investigated the link between the IUCN status of the trophy species and its exploitation in 124 taxa. We expected that the number of trophies should be inversely correlated with the IUCN vulnerability status across species. Methods Using the database of the Safari Club International, one of the largest hunting associations worldwide, we investigated the effect (1) of the first status attribution and (2) of an upgrade of the IUCN status on the number of trophies recorded by the Safari Club International, by comparing the average number of trophies 5 years before and after a status change. Key results First, we found that the status attributed by the IUCN in a given year had no effect on the number of recorded trophies during the following 5 years. Second, upgrading the IUCN status led to an important decrease in the number of recorded trophies for most species (75%), except for the most vulnerable ones (African elephant, Loxodonta africana; banteng, Bos javanicus; lelwel hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus lelwel; European bison, Bison bonasus). Conclusions Our results suggest that although a protective IUCN status lowers the exploitation of the moderately threatened species, hunting pressure on the most threatened one increases instead. The findings support the possibility of an anthropogenic Allee effect (AAE), i.e. a disproportionate exploitation of the rarest species. Implications The highly profitable exploitation of rare species could have harmful consequences, unless appropriate management actions and protection rules are enforced.

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Helminth parasites of the Kafue lechwe antelope (Kobus leche kafuensis): a potential source of infection to domestic animals in the Kafue wetlands of Zambia

Journal of Helminthology ◽

10.1017/s0022149x10000192 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 85 (1) ◽

pp. 20-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

A.M. Phiri ◽

A. Chota ◽

J.B. Muma ◽

M. Munyeme ◽

C.S. Sikasunge

Keyword(s):

National Parks ◽

Domestic Animals ◽

Helminth Parasites ◽

Hunting Season ◽

Parasitic Helminths ◽

Source Of Infection ◽

Wide Range ◽

The Status ◽

Kafue Lechwe ◽

Stable Source

AbstractThe Kafue lechwe antelope (Kobus leche kafuensis), a medium-sized, semi-aquatic antelope, grazes extensively on pastures accessed by livestock in and around Lochinvar and Blue Lagoon national parks in the Kafue wetlands of Zambia. This interaction has a potential for bi-modal transmission of a wide range of parasitic helminths between lechwe and domestic ruminants. A survey was conducted to investigate the status of helminths in the Kafue lechwe during the 2008 (July–December) hunting season, involving 65 animals hunted under special research licences. Worm identification was based on morphological features using standard identification keys. Eleven different types of helminths were identified in the animals studied; namely, Oesophagostomum, Bunostomum, Cooperia, Dictyocaulus, Marshallagia, Stilesia, Setaria, Trichuris, Fasciola, amphistomes and Schistosoma. Amphistomes (100%) and Oesophagostomum (60.9%) were the most common while Fasciola (7.8%) and Stilesia (1.6%) were the least of the identified helminths. There was no evidence that helminths, at intensities observed, adversely affected the health of the lechwe. The degree of worm infection was observed to vary between the two study areas, with Blue Lagoon recording higher infection levels compared to Lochinvar. The host range of many of the helminths found in the Kafue lechwe is broad and could serve as a potentially stable source of infection to domestic animals such as goats and cattle. Therefore, issues concerning livestock management and conservation may arise.

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