Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 3 2021 i PRIVATE GAME | WILDLIFE RANCHING

The world has lived through a full year of the COVID-19 pandemic, being bombarded by bad news: more than 100 million people being infected; more than 2 million deaths, some close to home; the economic impacts of the disease and the lockdowns with concomitant job losses and unemployment. One of the only bits of good news (together with the toppling of Trump ›› ) was the news of the fast-declining rhino poaching statistics as a result of the lockdown curfews. But the shocking revelations by the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) in their annual report released in January 2021 is that this was all ‘fake news'. While we were celebrating the good news of the decline, poachers were plundering the Kruger National Park (KNP), resulting in a dramatic,…

Pamela-Anne Dolan Wildlife consultant Founder of Wild Africa Marketing Director: Koro Creek Bushveld Golf Estate I sit outside looking at the blue Swartberg Mountains as I write this piece, reflecting back on why I chose the path of conservation and why it is so important to me. A waterbuck appears and begins to graze, mountain zebras prance by the small dam in front of the house and young blesbuck come waltzing along, chasing each other. And then it hits me, the reason why! I had an epiphany and realised my calling. To be one with nature and to experience wildlife in an intimate and most profound way – that is why I chose this path. My love for nature has had a profound influence on me as a person. Many…

PLCnetwork of the Southern Hemisphere is a platform and consulting firm with a passion for private, community and company conservation action. We invite conservation areas and projects to become members to share knowledge, build partnerships and initiate project collaborations. Dr Julia Baum, Founder of PLCnetwork, seeks to establish it as a dynamic consultancy and network contributing to a paradigm shift across the conservation sector towards an international conservation economy, in which conservation and societal growth can go hand in hand. Our members do not have to formally be proclaimed or accredited, or fit into usual formats of regulated conservation models. We seek to highlight any and all unique and innovative ways in which conservation can function, and we seek to discuss and solve challenges to obtain success. Our world is…

“We need to turn the recovery into a real opportunity to do things right for the future.” – UN Secretary-General António Guterres Leveraging the moment of COVID-19 crisis, when usual policies and social norms have been disrupted, bold steps can steer the world back on track towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is the time for change, for a profound systemic shift to a more sustainable economy that works for both people and the planet. One way to measure progress is to focus on the ‘5 Ps' that shape the SDGs: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnerships. Based on the importance and urgency to deliver on sustainability, we align our next five themes for PRIVATE GAME with these 5 Ps. In the PEOPLE issue, our expert contributors contemplate sustainable…

Conservation economist Founding Director: African Wildlife Economy Institute (AWEI) Academic Director: School of Wildlife Conservation at the African Leadership University Research visitor: University of Oxford Francis Vorhies is a conservation economist with expertise relating to the interface between wildlife conservation and economic development. This includes a special interest in unlocking and diversifying the wildlife economy across Africa – ranging from securing carbon credits through restoring mangrove ecosystems to developing the supply chains for wild meat to increasing the market for intra-continental wildlife tourism. He is the founding Director of the African Wildlife Economy Institute at Stellenbosch University, the Academic Director of the School of Wildlife Conservation at the African Leadership University, and a research visitor at the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit at the University of Oxford. Frank observed that: “Privately…

Propositions Part 2 explores a number of propositions and evidence-based observations, such as the Paris Agreement, negotiated by governments to mitigate global warming. Given that the Anthropogenic Global Warming Theory postulates that “human-caused CO2 emissions” are causing global warming, it therefore follows that global warming is influenced by humanity, as opposed to solar activity, etc. and its influence on the current cycle of global warming. We will only discuss the current mainstream Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Anthropogenic Global Warming Theory proponents' global climate change narratives. Proposition 1: Climate warming is real Climate waming is real, but it is not the end of the world nor humanity. Not even remotely so. Current research shows that by 2100, if we do nothing, the costs (including all the negative impacts,…

Earth's path follows a sequence of natural oscillations effecting global dynamics of constant vegetation and habitat change, as described in Part 1 & 2 (PRIVATE GAME Issue 1 & 2). Consequently, phyllo-biogeographic existence and evolution (distribution, performance, genetic integrity, survival and speciation trades) of animal species are affected. Animals move, adapt or die as a result of changing environmental conditions. The conservation applications of palaeozoological data are numerous (Lyman 2006). One such application concerns the determination whether or not a species is native to a region. Such insight is essential to informing species translocations and to restoring biodiversity in disturbed habitats. Specialist Wildlife Scientist, Consultant & Lecturer (Ecology, Zoology, Game Production). Studied at Pretoria University, 3 years fieldwork studies in the Kruger Park, 12 years ecosystem analysis of Eastern Cape…

The required legal processes and the 5 necessary steps to follow will be explained in an exclusive series of six articles. This series will practically demonstrate the legal steps to register your abattoir and processing plant and will be published in Private Game magazine as follows: I. Hitting the Nail – can trophy carcasses be commercially compliant? a. Part I: A pilot study to compare uncontrolled (trophy game carcasses) and controlled (harvested game carcasses intended for export purposes), with reference to meat safety and quality. b. Part II: Discussion, recommendations and concluding on the differences between trophy and export carcasses with reference to meat safety and quality in the commercial meat market. II. Game abattoir registration process III. Game meat processing facility application IV. Local meat market opportunities and challenges…

Authors: Warwick and Michèle Tarboton Publisher: Struik Nature Language: English Pages: 224 Format: Paperback Recommended price: R310.00 Our interest in dragonflies started a little over 20 years ago when Warwick, a keen bird photographer, snapped a striking red dragonfly and attempted to identify it. It proved to be no simple matter. At that time there was no field guide to be had on the subject and the only regional reference was Dr Elliot Pinhey's long out-of-print monograph on the family, published 70 years ago and nowhere obtainable. Warwick eventually found a copy in the (then) Transvaal Museum's library, where he photocopied it and brought it home to work through its pages of complex keys based on the venation pattern in the wings. With no colour illustrations to help, it took…

The winner that saves me when I’m on the ‘hot coals’ Having been on several off-road camping trips over the past 22 years, I have developed a motto: “When travelling in the bush, always expect the unexpected…” But, I have also learned to add a second part to that wisdom: “When there's trouble, it's most likely my fault.” Although reluctantly, I must admit this since there have been events that still get talked about around the social fire with friends to this day. Especially when I make ‘Boozy Bananas' on the hot coals, one particular event surfaces from the sand of the Central Kalahari, going back to 2017. “When there’s trouble, it’s most likely my fault.” When going to the Central Kalahari, one needs to be entirely self-sufficient and have…

Executive editor: Dr Peter Oberem Publishing Editor: Erika Alberts PRODUCTION TEAM Pat Botha Quintus Strauss Meldt van der Spuy Aletta Pretorius-Thiart Regardt Ferreira Martin Botha LAYOUT & DESIGN Ronelle Oosthuizen Carmen le Roux EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS Dr Peter Oberem Dr Francis Vorhies Dr Julia Baum Pamela-Anne Dolan Dr Gert Dry PC Ferreira Magda Naudé Attie van den Berg Nico van den Berg Joseph Mulders Deon Furstenburg Dr Pamela Oberem Dr Amy Dickman Prof. Brian Child Prof. Adam Hart Catherine E. Semcer Sade Moneron Adam Armstrong David Newton Riaan Nowers Dr Maretha van der Merwe Dr John Hanks Dr Johann van Rensburg Annica van Rensburg…

Dr Julia Baum (PhD) Systems thinker and storyteller Founder of PLCnetwork of the Southern Hemisphere Ph.D. in Conservation Biology Dr Julia Baum was born and grew up in Germany. She stayed there until her late twenties and graduated with a M.Sc. in Geoecology in 2011. Being offered a scholarship, she then embraced the adventure of obtaining a Ph.D. in Conservation Biology from the University of Cape Town and has lived in South Africa since 2012. Dr Julia Baum's research investigated privately-owned protected areas in the Western Cape province by interpreting them as social-ecological systems. Julia developed a passion for exploring entrepreneurial opportunities in this field during her engagement with diverse stakeholders in the conservation sector. It became apparent that a powerful potential for collaboration towards a conservation economy exists across…

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I wonder how many people have ever seen a pangolin in the wild? Almost certainly, a very small number, and your chances of ever seeing one are regrettably diminishing each day. To find out why, you must read an excellent book by Richard Peirce entitled Pangolins: Scales of Injustice, a timely production that focusses on the appalling and escalating reality of what is happening to the world's most sought-after traded mammal. Author: Richard Peirce (2020) Publisher: Penguin Random House and Struik Nature, Cape Town Language: English Format/price: eBook: R160; paperback R200 ISBN: 978-1-77584-712-0 Why are they so threatened? Richard Peirce has done a great job in answering this question, setting the scene by introducing the reasons for the fascination with pangolins. To do this he spent time in the field…