Serengeti General Management Plan

Serengeti National Park General Management Plan
The GMP monitoring framework described in this section is designed to provide guidance for
the regular assessment of the impacts, positive and negative, resulting from GMP implementation,
a set of indicators for easily measuring these impacts, and the most likely sources of
this information. Regular monitoring of GMP implementation will enable future adaptive management
of SENAPA, in particular through the subsequent adjustment of the rolling threeyear
Action Plans, in order to maximise the positive impacts and to mitigate the negative impacts
of GMP implementation. As such, the implementation of this monitoring framework is a
key factor in the ultimate success of the plan.
The following tables set out the monitoring frameworks for the GMP’s four management programmes.
The potential positive impacts and related indicators resulting from the implementation
of each programme’s management targets are given in Green, and, where appropriate,
the potential negative impacts and related indicators are shown in Red.
Table H.1: Ecosystem Management Programme Monitoring Plan
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Management
Target
Potential impacts
(Positive and
Negative)
Indicator
Source of
Information
Objective 1: The conservation and ecological status of SENAPA Conservation Targets
enhanced and threats reduced
1.1: Human im- Reduced number of Number of snare Ecological Monitorpactsthreaten-
poaching incidents types & success ing Plan (Conservaing
the Migration
rates
tion Target 1)
minimised Migration routes in the Human, livestock Ecological Monitor-
Greater Serengeti population pressure ing Plan (Conserva-
Ecosystem remain and extent of cultivation Target 1)
open
tion near migratory
routes
1.2: Human impacts
on the
Mara River monitored
and minimised
1.3: Fire extent,
frequency and
intensity within
key habitats
managed
1.4: Restoration
of viable populations
of Black
rhino
Maintenance of water
flow rates and quality
Policy-makers and
catchment stakeholders
cooperating in
sustainably managing
the Mara River
Status of the four habitat
conservation targets
are maintained or
enhanced
Existing populations of
Black rhino within
SENAPA are stable
and increasing
Number of collaborative
initiatives arising
from transboundary
meetings
Changes in key ecological
attributes of
the Mara River
Establishment of collaborations
and
partnerships
Extent of tree cover
and density of indicator
species
Total counts of Black
rhino
Ecology Department
reports and minutes
of stakeholder meetings
Ecological Monitoring
Plan (Conservation
Target 2)
Park and TANAPA
HQ records
Ecological Monitoring
Plan (Conservation
Targets 3-6)
Ecological Monitoring
Plan (Conservation
Target 7)