Serengeti General Management Plan

Serengeti National Park General Management Plan
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Key Ecological
Attribute/ Threat
KEA: Forage quality
and spatial availability
KEA: Forage quality
and spatial availability
Threat: Early dry
season fires
Threat: Decline in
Mara River Flow
Rates
Indicator of
change
Rainfall pattern &
trends
Fire patterns & extent
of dry season fires
Flow rate of Mara
River
Threat: Poaching Continuing increase
in poaching
Threat: Cutting of
migration routes
Threat: Fencing (creating
hard boundary)
Human, livestock
population pressure
and extent of cultivation
near migratory
routes, especially
around:
- Rubanda area
- Loliondo area
- Group Ranches to
north of Masai Mara
NR
- Maswa
- Lake Victoria
Method of
measurement
Collection
frequency
Data
source
Rain gauges Daily & Monthly Research monitoring
reports
Satellite images; and
aerial and ground
surveys to assess
frequency of fires and
scarring
Variable (although
annually, mid-dry
season for extent of
dry season fires)
Modis and Research
monitoring reports
See minimum flow rate indicator for the Mara River Conservation Target
Questioning apprehended
poachers;
offtake based on
number of snare
types & success rates
Assessment of census
data, village records,
village photo
points and satellite
data
Presence of fences Ground marker surveys
Opportunistic SENAPA Resource
Protection Department
Annually Bureau of Statistics
(pop. Data), SENAPA
Outreach Department
(village records), and
Modis (satellite)
Responsibility
SENAPA Ecological
Monitoring
SENAPA Ecological
Monitoring
SENAPA Protection
Department
SENAPA Community
Conservation Service
Annually Field Survey Reports SENAPA Protection
Department, Land
Use Surveyors
Yes
Data currently
collected?
Yes. But more information
needs to be
collected. Awaits Fire
Management Plan
No
Yes, but not for all
areas