Conservation Challenges, Resource Management and Opportunities to Sustain Wildlife Biodiversity in the Kalahari: Insights from a Local NGO, Cheetah Conservation Botswana

Weyde, Leanne K. Van der; Horgan, Jane; Ramsden, N.; Thamage, D.; Klein, Rebecca

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-48351-7_12

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“…Still on environmental factors, the government of Botswana implemented the Save Water campaign. This campaign is context specific to Botswana because almost 70% of the country is the Kalahari-desert that faces long dry seasons, limited rainfall, and periodic droughts ( Van der Weyde, et al, 2020). In addition, drought relief programmes meant to alleviate the impact of drought among the people are also implemented (Byakatunda et al, 2018;Krüger, 2018).…”

Section: Socio-cultural Factorsmentioning

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An Institutional Work Perspective to Performance Management: The Case of Botswana National Sport Organizations

Kasale

Morrow

Winand³

2020

Journal of Global Sport Management

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An Institutional Work Perspective to Performance Management: The Case of Botswana National Sport Organizations

Kasale

Morrow

Winand³

2020

Journal of Global Sport Management

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Comparing daily, circalunar and seasonal activity patterns of cheetah Acinonyx jubatus in response to livestock presence in Botswana

Kral,

Rios Tubio,

Broekhuis

et al. 2024

Wildlife Biology

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Animal activity patterns vary on a daily, circalunar and seasonal scale in response to abiotic (e.g. light availability and temperature) and biotic factors (e.g. predation and competition). In the presence of humans and their livestock, carnivores, for example, have been found to become more nocturnal. The aim of this paper is to compare daily, circalunar and seasonal activity patterns of cheetah Acinonyx jubatus in the western Kalahari of Botswana between areas where there is no livestock present (i.e. game farms with a relatively low risk of cheetah mortality) and areas where livestock is present (i.e. cattle farms with a higher risk of cheetah mortality). Using two years of camera trap data, we recorded 88% of cheetah observations on game farms and 12% on cattle farms. Our results showed that cheetahs were more nocturnal in the absence of cattle and more crepuscular on cattle farms compared to game farms. Overall, cheetah activity on cattle farms showed a peak in activity after inferred cattle activity and before human activity during the day, specifically during the dry season. We recommend management strategies on a local scale such as temporal zoning of grazing activities during the different seasons or keeping cattle in an enclosure at night. This study sheds new light on our understanding of the impact of land use on free‐ranging carnivores in the face of livestock expansion on the African continent.

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Reducing livestock-carnivore conflict on rural farms using local livestock guarding dogs

Weyde

Kokole

Modise

et al. 2020

Journal of Vertebrate Biology

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Conservation Challenges, Resource Management and Opportunities to Sustain Wildlife Biodiversity in the Kalahari: Insights from a Local NGO, Cheetah Conservation Botswana

Cited by 3 publications

References 28 publications

An Institutional Work Perspective to Performance Management: The Case of Botswana National Sport Organizations

An Institutional Work Perspective to Performance Management: The Case of Botswana National Sport Organizations

Comparing daily, circalunar and seasonal activity patterns of cheetah Acinonyx jubatus in response to livestock presence in Botswana

Reducing livestock-carnivore conflict on rural farms using local livestock guarding dogs

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