SAWMA 40 th Anniversary Symposium : September Programme Schedule

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1 SAWMA 40 th Anniversary Symposium : September Programme Schedule Time Sunday 19 September h00-22h00 Main registration and welcoming cocktail Venue: Buffalo Hall - veranda. Time Monday 20 September h00-08h00 07h30-08h00 08h00-08h10 08h10-08h30 08h30-09h00 Breakfast Restaurant Venue: Main conference venue: Buffalo Hall Late Registrations CHAIR: Brian Reilly Welcome and Introduction - Julius Koen (President: SAWMA) Opening address: Mr Allan Losaba (Chief Executive Officer: NW Parks and Tourism Board) Key note address: Wildlife management in Australasia: Biodiversity is changing in our part of the world. Peter J.S. Fleming (Australasian Wildlife Management Society) SESSION 1: Ecological monitoring and its application into the future 09h00-09h20 09h20-09h40 09h40-10h00 10h00-10h20 10h20-10h40 10h40-11h00 CHAIR: Brian Reilly Wildlife monitoring systems for community managed areas in Namibia: Supporting adaptive management and influencing protected areas. Greg Stuart-Hill, David Ward & Jo Tagg (WWF Namibia) Using Ecological Niche modelling to predict human-cheetah conflict in a wildlife and cattle ranching area: developing proactive mitigation measures. Kelly Marnewick (Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria) Population trends of the larger mammals in the Addo Elephant National Park Main Camp Section, Eastern Cape. Craig J. Tambling, John Adendorf & Graham I.H. Kerley (Centre for African Conservation Ecology, NMMU) What we can learn from spots and stripes: photo-cmr estimation of population parameters in nyala. Jason P. Marshal (School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, WITS University) Expansion of the BECVOL-model to a complete above-ground biomass quantification technique for trees and shrubs. G. Nico Smit (Department of Animal, Wildlife and Grassland Sciences, UFS) 8

2 11h00-11h20 CHAIR: Daan Buijs Using Maximum Entropy Modelling to predict the distribution of large trees in Hluhluwe Imfolozi Park. Alain Smith, Rob Slotow & Bruce Page (School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal) 11h20-11h40 An assessment of distance sampling for estimating the density of Aloe peglerae in the Magaliesberg mountain range. Justin O. Phama, Mike D. Panagos & Willem J. Myburgh (Department of Nature Conservation, Tshwane University of Technology) 11h40-12h00 An evaluation of regrowth and coppicing of woody plants following mechanical bush thinning in Marakele Park, Limpopo Province. F. Christina Pienaar & Nico Smit (Department of Environment and Nature Conservation, Northern Cape Province) 12h00-12h20 The effect of predations by a high density black-backed jackal ( Canis mesomelas) population, on springbok ( Antidorcas marsupialis) lamb survival rate, within a protected area in the North West Province, South Africa. Rob Harrison-White (Associated with The North West Parks and Tourism Board) 12h20-12h40 12h40-13h00 13h00-14h00 The Kruger Western Boundary Project: an analysis of the potential threats to resident and dispersing wild dogs ( Lycaon pictus) west of the Kruger National Park. Jessica Watermeyer, Daniel M. Parker, Grant Beverly, Kelly Marnewick & Harriet Davies-Mostert (Wildlife & Reserve Management Research Group, Rhodes University) Changes in land use and attitudes: implications for cheetahs in the Thabazimbi district. Grant Beverley, Kelly Marnewick & Paul Funston (Endangered Wildlife Trust & Tshwane University of Technology) LUNCH CHAIR: Kelly Marnewick 14h00-14h20 The diet of black-backed jackals, Canis mesomelas, in two conservation areas in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Mathilde Brassine, Daniel M. Parker & Ric Bernard (Wildlife & Reserve Management Research Group, Rhodes University) 14h20-14h40 Can the status of the Corridor disease vector, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (the brown-eared tick), (Neumann 1901), be linked to an expanding wildlife/cattle interface, in the Eastern Cape? Emma R. Smith & Daniel M. Parker (Wildlife & Reserve Management Research Group, Rhodes University) 14h40-15h00 Demography of a growing population of white rhino ( Cerathotherium simum simum) on the Songimvelo Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga Province, challenges for the future. Annelize Steyn (Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency) 15h00-15h20 15h20-15h40 15h40-16h00 Evaluating the settling response of reintroduced black rhino to ecogeographical variables. Simon R. Morgan, Wayne Linklater & Rob Slotow (Amarula Elephant Research Programme, UKZN) CHAIR: Kelly Marnewick Enumeration of European rabbits on Robben Island, Western Cape. Brian K. Reilly, Victor Harley & Rainer von Brandis (Department of Nature Conservation, Tshwane University of Technology) 9

3 16h00-16h20 16h20-16h40 16h40-17h00 17h00-18h30 19h00 Results of wetland bird counts in Namibia. Holger Kolberg (Directorate Scientific Services, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Namibia) Conserving cranes and their habitats in South Africa. Ursula Franke, Richard Pettifor, Bradley Gibbons, Kerryn Morrison, Glenn Ramke & Tanya Smith (Endangered Wildlife Trust) Biotic vs. abiotic determinants of the distribution of the declining sable antelope in the Kruger National Park. Joe G. Chirima, Norman Owen-Smith, B.F.N. Erasmus & Francesca Parrini (SAEON) SAWMA Annual General Meeting Braai Time Tuesday 21 September h00-08h00 07h30-08h00 08h00-08h30 Breakfast Registration for day participants CHAIR: Julius Koen Keynote address: Climate change impacts on land uses and biodiversity in Namibia. Chris Brown, Jon Barnes & Louise Brown (Namibia Nature Foundation) Session 2: The challenges of climate change 08h30-08h50 08h50-09h10 CHAIR: Julius Koen Climate change: do the predicted effects on Southern Africa s large mammals require novel management approaches? W. Maartin Strauss & Robyn S. Hetem (Nature Conservation Programme, Department of Environmental Science, UNISA) Climate change physiology: the challenge of the decades. Robyn S. Hetem, W. Maartin Strauss, Shane K. Maloney, Andrea Fuller & Duncan Mitchell (Brain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, WITS University) Session 3: Sustaining systems integrity into the future 09h10-09h30 09h30-09h50 09h50-10h10 10h10-10h30 CHAIR: Julius Koen A paradigm shift in managing free-ranging African Elephants. Rudi van Aarde & Morgan Trimble (Conservation Ecology Research Unit, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria) Conservation areas in Namibia: from a patchwork to a network. Kenneth /Uiseb (Directorate of Scientific Services, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Windhoek, Namibia) Moving game from protected areas to communal lands: The science and wisdom. Pierre du Preez, Jo Tagg & Greg Stuart-Hill (Directorate of Scientific Services, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Windhoek, Namibia) Prioritizing African carnivore conservation: taxonomic and functional considerations. Fredrik Dalerum (Centre for Wildlife Management & Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria) 10

4 10h30-10h50 10h50-11h10 11h10-11h30 11h30-11h50 11h50-12h10 12h10-12h30 12h30-12h50 13h00-14h00 14h00-14h20 14h20-14h40 14h40-15h00 15h00-15h20 15h20-15h40 15h40-16h40 CHAIR: Michael Somers Tracking Landscape-level use in Protected Areas in the Eastern Cape. Kristine Maciejewski & Graham I.H. Kerley (Centre for African Conservation Ecology, NMMU) Different sized herbivores determine woody species structure and species assemblages. Georgette Lagendijk, Bruce Page & Rob Slotow (Amarula Elephant Research Programme, Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal) Promoting the development of wildlife ranching on a scale more conducive to biodiversity conservation: co-managed landscapes or conservancies. Peter Lindsey & Harriet Davies- Mostert (Endangered Wildlife Trust, Johannesburg) Does physical activity imposed by habitat preference influence skeletal muscle characteristics? The wildebeest story. Louw C. Hoffman & Kathryn H. Myburgh (Department of Animal Sciences, University of Stellenbosch) Game meat safety in relation to game farming practices. Johan L. Bekker, Louw C. Hoffman & Piet J. Jooste (Department of Environmental Health, Tshwane University of Technology) Can ART contribute to sustainable biodiversity conservation? Helet Lambrechts (Department of Animal Sciences, University of Stellenbosch) LUNCH CHAIR: Paul Grobler Working towards a sustainable trade in wildlife: The role of the Scientific Authority. Michèle Pfab (Applied Biodiversity Research Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute) Predator-prey relationships in smaller Game Reserves of South Africa: A review of current models and management practices. Hannes Louw (Department of Nature Conservation, Tshwane University of Technology) Paying for ecosystem services: Sustaining systems integrity into the future. Bool Smuts (Landmark Foundation, South Africa) Session 4: The importance of sustained research in gaining understanding of systems processes CHAIR: Paul Grobler Giraffe Africa s forgotten megafauna. Julian Fennessy (Namibia Nature Foundation & Giraffe Conservation Foundation, Namibia) Species co-existence in an assemblage of small African carnivores: project presentation and preliminary data. Emmanuel Do Linh San & Michael J. Somers (Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Fort Hare) The diet of the Cape grey mongoose (Galerella pulverulenta) in the Albany Thicket Biome (Eastern Cape). Owen A. Mbatyoti, Michael J. Somers & Emmanuel Do Linh San (Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Fort Hare) 11

5 Diet of genets ( Genetta spp.) in the Andries Vosloo Kudu Nature Reserve (Eastern Cape). Tembisa Matolengwe, Michael J. Somers & Emmanuel Do Linh San (Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Fort Hare) Diet of the marsh mongoose Atilax paludinosus in the Andries Vosloo Kudu Nature Reserve (Eastern Cape). Emmanuel Do Linh San, Aviwe Nqinana & Michael J. Somers (Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Fort Hare) 16h40-17h00 Election of SAWMA council h00-18h00 19h00 CHAIR: Pieter Nel Poster session GALA dinner in Dahlia Hall Dinner speech: Dr John Hanks Time Wednesday 22 September h00-08h00 07h30-08h00 08h00-08h30 Breakfast Registration for day participants CHAIR: Louw Hoffman Keynote address: Conservation evaluation in an uncertain world. Sam M. Ferreira, Hugo Bezuidenhout, Ernest Daemane, Andrew Deacon, Angela Gaylard, Marna Herbst, Hendrik Sithole (South African National Parks) Session 4: (continue) The importance of sustained research in gaining understanding of systems processes 08h30-08h50 The ecology of an episodic disease, anthrax, in Etosha National Park. J. Werner Kilian, Steve Bellan, Holly, Wendy C. Turner, Wayne M. Getz (Etosha Ecological Institute, Etosha National Park, Namibia) 08h50-09h10 Re-encroachment of Colophospermum mopane on plots thinned to different tree densities in Mopane Bushveld. G. Nico Smit (Department of Animal, Wildlife and Grassland Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein) 09h10-09h30 Dietary composition of leopards in southern Cape forests and surrounds. Alexander Braczkowski, Laurence Watson, Jeannine McManus & Damien Coulson (Department of Nature Conservation, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Saasveld Campus) 09h30-09h50 Habitat use and forage patch selection by White Rhinoceros ( Ceratotherium simum simum) in the Songimvelo Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga Province. Maliki B. Wardjomto, Jozua Viljoen, M.D. Panagos & Gerard Malan (Department of Nature Conservation, Tshwane University of Technology) 09h50-10h10 10h10-10h30 Does the availability of grazing lawns improve the breeding success and calf survival of white rhinos? Olivier Bonnet, Adrian Shrader & Hervé Fritz (School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, Univ. of KwaZulu-Natal) Habitat selection and range size of elephant in Madikwe Game reserve. H. Pieter Nel & Declan H. Hofmeyr (North West Parks & Tourism) 12

6 10h30-10h50 10h50-11h10 The feeding habits of the African wildcat ( Felis silvestris cafra), a facultative trophic specialist, in the southern Kalahari (Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa/Botswana). Marna Herbst & M.Gus L. Mills (SANParks, Kimberley) 11h10-11h30 The impacts of park and veterinary fencing in southern Africa. Ken Furguson (Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria) Session 5: Socio-political realities and ways to address it 11h30-11h50 11h50-12h10 12h10-12h30 12h30-12h50 13h00-14h00 14h00-14h20 14h20-14h40 14h40-15h00 CHAIR: Jan Venter Changing the face of Natural Resource Management in South Africa, combining expanded public works programmes and payments of ecosystem services. Christo Marais (DWA Natural Resource Management Programme) The role of wildlife in socio-economic development in the communal areas of Namibia. Jon Barnes & Chris Brown (Design & Development Services cc, Namibia) Gone to the dogs; socio-political realities of managing free-ranging dogs in eastern Australia. Guy-Anthony Ballard & Peter J.S. Fleming (Vertebrate Pest Research Unit, Industry & Investment NSW, University of New England, Australia) A model for Solid Waste Management in Protected areas, South Africa. Yolandi Bezuidenhout (Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology) LUNCH CHAIR: Jan Venter The economics of elephant hunting. Jeanetta Selier, Bruce Page & Rob Slotow (School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal) The impact of off-road driving on soil compaction: A progress report. Gerhard Nortjé, Wouter van Hoven, Michiel Laker & Michelle Louw (Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria) Reciprocal impacts of black rhino and community-based ecotourism in north-west Namibia. Piet Beytell & Piet Eloff (Scientific Services, Ministry of Environment & Tourism, Namibia) 15h00-15h20 Factors influencing the attitudes of rural communities towards African wild dogs, Lycaon pictus, in northern KwaZulu-Natal. Brendan Whittington-Jones, Dan Parker & Harriet Davies- Mostert (Endangered Wildlife Trust) 15h20-15h40 Landfill sites, waste legislation and protected areas: is there a sustainable solution? Yolandi Bezuidenhout (Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology) 15h40-16h00 16h00-16h30 Prize giving for best presenters & Closure. Brian Reilly 13

7 LIST OF POSTERS : Tuesday, 21 September Ecological monitoring and its application into the future 1 Spatial ecology of black-backed jackals ( Canis mesomelas) as problem animals in the Southern Free State. F. Deacon, N.L. Avenant, & C.H. Barker (Department of Animal, Wildlife and Grassland Sciences, University of the Free State) 2 Cats, collars and cameras: Counting the costs of surveying leopard populations in the southern and Eastern Cape. Alexander Braczkowski & Jeanine McManus (Department of Nature Conservation, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Saasveld Campus) 3 A Participatory Game Census in the Arid North West of Namibia. Greg Stuart-Hill, Jo Tagg, Tony Robertson & Raymond Peters (Natural Resource Working Group, Namibia) 4 Event Book Local Level Monitoring Approach in Communal Conservancies in Namibia. Greg Stuart-Hill, David Ward, Chantal Louw (Natural Resource Working Group, Namibia) 5 A novel trap design for capturing vervet monkeys ( Chlorocebus aethiops), with a demographic analysis of trapped animals. J. Paul Grobler & Trudy R. Turner (Department of Genetics, University of the Free State) 6 Density of leopards ( Panthera pardus) in the Waterberg Biosphere as determined by camera trapping. Lourens Swanepoel, Fredrik Dalerum Michael J. Somers, Wouter van Hoven (Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria) 7 Long term monitoring of the Southern Bald Ibis population: Quo vadis? Catherine L Henderson, Res Altwegg & Les Underhill (Southern Bald Ibis Project, BirdLife South Africa) 8 Estimating African civet ( Civettictis civetta) densities using camera trap data from other carnivore studies. Lisa Isaacs, Lourens Swanepoel & Michael J. Somers (Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria) 9 Camera-trapping brown hyena in South Africa: Is abundance affected by the presence of lion? Janelle Bashant, Fredrik Dalerum, Lourens Swanepoel & Michael J. Somers (Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria) 10 Response of ant communities to an alien invasive plant ( Chromolaena odorata) - the effect of temporal variation in invasion and clearing. Tantsi Nolubabalo & Micheal J. Somers (Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria) 11 Prospects for surveying the critically endangered riverine rabbit using camera traps. Eric Herrmann (Cape Department of Environment & Nature Conservation, Kimberley) 12 The decline of the greater kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park. Gerhardus Jurgens van Tonder, Vonica Perold, Michael J. Somers & Dave Druce (Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria) Sustaining systems integrity into the future 13 Nuclear and mtdna diversity in vervet monkeys ( Chlorocebus aethiops) from the Free State, Eastern cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa. Riël Coetzer, J. Paul Grobler &Trudy Turner (Department of Genetics, University of the Free State) 14

8 14 Control Burning Program in the Etosha National Park, Namibia. M. Kasaona, I. Mapaure, R. Ihula, J.K. Mfune & F.P. Graz (Scientific Services, Ministry of Environment & Tourism, Namibia) 15 Measuring Management Effectiveness in Protected Areas: Are we achieving our biodiversity objectives? Peter Mills & L.D. van Essen (Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria) 16 Adaptive Management for conserving high altitude grassland around Chatsworth/Bedford IBA SA 043 for biological diversity. David H. Maphisa, Res Altwegg & Les Underhill (BirdLife South Africa, Ingula Partnership Project, Randburg) The importance of sustained research in gaining understanding of systems processes 17 Seasonal, sexual and age-related variations in the live-trapping success of woodland dormice Graphiurus murinus. Zimkitha Madikiza, Sandro Bertolino, Roderick Baxter & Emmanuel Do Linh San (Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Fort Hare) 18 Population biology and nest use in bush Karoo rats ( Otomys unisulcatus) in the Thicket Biome. Nkosinathi Babu, Mbulelo Xalu, Roderick Baxter & Emmanuel Do Linh San (Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Fort Hare) 19 Re-encroachment of woody plants on plots thinned to different tree densities in Mixed Bushveld. JP Cloete & G. Nico Smit (Department of Animal, Wildlife and Grassland Sciences, University of the Free State) 20 Dietary composition of caracal in the greater George region of the southern Cape. Alexander Braczkowski, Laurence Watson & Damien Coulson (Department of Nature Conservation, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Saasveld Campus) 21 Molecular analysis of six skeletal muscles of the African cheetah: a case study. Naomi E Brooks, Louw Hoffman, Kathryn H Myburgh (Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Stellenbosch) 22 Seasonal foraging behaviour of the plain zebra ( Equus quagga) and the African elephant ( Loxodonta africana) in relation to the occurrence of anthrax in Etosha national park. Zepee Havarua, John Mfune, Wendy Christine Turner, Irvin Mpofu & Wayne Getz (Faculty of Science, University of Namibia) 23 A link between phenotypical variation and diversity at the bone morphogenesis gene in springbok ( Antidorcas marsupialis). Elzet van Aswegen & Paul Grobler (Department Genetics, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein) 24 The Trapping Truth. Anna Haw (Landmark Foundation) Socio-political realities and ways to address it 25 Developing Sustainable Game Utilization Setting Systems for the Communal Conservancies of Namibia. Greg Stuart-Hill, Theunis Pietersen & Greenwell Matongo (Natural Resource Working Group, Namibia) 26 Ten Years of Game Introductions into Communal Conservancies in Namibia. Vincent Guillemin, Jo Tagg & Pierre du Preez. (Scientific Services, Ministry of Environment & Tourism, Namibia) 27 Community-based conservation of black rhino in Namibia A case study.?khoadi //Hôas Conservancy. Kenneth /Uiseb & Piet Beytell (Scientific Services, Ministry of Environment & Tourism, Namibia) 15