Serengeti General Management Plan

Key Ecological
Attribute/ Threat
Threat: Settled agriculture
in NCA (bore
holes)
Indicator of
change
Extent of settled agricultural
areas in the
NCA
Threat: Disease Incidence of disease,
including:
- Rinderpest, anthrax
(ungulates)
- Canine distemper
(carnivores)
Conservation Target 2: The Mara River
Method of
measurement
Ground surveys to
assess occurrence of
bore holes in NCA
KEA: Water flow Minimum flow rates Physical flow rate and
pressure/ temperature
recorded at Kogatende
Bridge
Threat: Water diversion
and extraction
KEA: Water quality
Threat: Pollution
KEA: Forest extent
and size
Threat: Bank erosion
Increase in water extraction
levels
Dissolved oxygen,
pH, salinity, clarity,
temperature
Forest extent, size
and cover (inside
SENAPA)
Collection
frequency
Data
source
C. Ecosystem Management Programme
Responsibility
Three years NCA records SENAPA Ecological
Monitoring tracking
the situation
Disease surveillance Monthly Research monitoring
reports/Vet
Assessment of data
regarding commercial
and household water
extraction and levels
of deforestation in the
wider catchment
Data collected from
near Kogatende
Bridge, using Eric &
Gereta Method
Photo points, with
markers to be placed
as reference points
Monthly (flow rate);
Every 30 minutes (for
pressure/ temperature)
Annually Records of Mara
catchment from outside
SENAPA
No
SENAPA (Vet) Yes
Research SENAPA Ecological
Monitoring
SENAPA Ecological
Monitoring
Monthly Research SENAPA Ecological
Monitoring
Five years (wet and
dry season)
Research SENAPA Ecological
Monitoring
Yes
Data currently
collected?
Yes, but not compiled
in one place
Yes
Yes
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