Toyota Enviro Outreach 2009

2009
Focus on
Zimbabwe & Malawi

“Conservation managers need to understand challenges that are faced across the SADC region”
- Dr. David Mabunda (SANParks)

2008
26 students from 13 different conservation areas.
2009
35 students from 28 different conservation areas.
2008
2009

2009 overview

Objectives
Building on the successes of 2008, we reached out to Middle Management Group of former SAWC students from Zimbabwe & Malawi.
Our Objective for 2009:
Education: SAWC former students needs analysis, training course developments for future
Community development: WESSA environmental education for communities in conservation
Conservation management and law enforcement with game rangers in Africa.
Collections of specimens and collaborations with Africa

Education
With Southern Africa Wildlife College
Main Objectives for SAWC to:
meet with former SAWC studentsand evaluate the impact the
College training has made on their career and how it is aiding
them and their organisation.
identify training needs on the ground, as well as ways in which
the College can improve its offering to southern African Wildlife
organisations.

Upon completion of this Outreach, it is clear that the training received at SAWC is aiding the students in their careers, and their organization at large.

Education
With Southern Africa Wildlife College

Community Development
With WESSA (Wildlife & Environmental Society of South Africa)
The aim was to conduct Environmental Education workshops with the local communities to create awareness of everyday environmental issues surrounding protected areas.

The environmental education game – Parks and Neighbours was played with community members.
On completion of the environmental education workshop, WESSA training tools were handed over to the former students to use as a tool for environmental training.

Community Development
People Caring for the Earth

Collection of Specimens
With University of Johannesburg

Collaboration
With University of Johannesburg
Resulting from the Toyota outreach trip, the target of producing a DNA barcode for all trees of Southern Africa has progressed very well.
Collected: 150 Voucher specimens and DNA samples
A new project initiated for Zimbabwe “DNA bar-coding the trees of the Gonarezhou National Park” - a formal one–week course:
in basic herbarium techniques,
plant identification
collection for DNA bar-coding purposes
Researchers from Zimbabwe and Malawi invited to attend a course hosted at UJ in DNA bar-coding techniques in 2010.

Conservation Management
And Law Enforcement With Game Rangers In Africa
In total the whole outreach was an overwhelming success. 54 new members were signed up to the GRAA and developed the foundation for future conservation initiatives.
Areas.
Understanding the Conservation Situation in neighbouring countries and having good relations with counterparts is crucial for all parties concerned, particularly in context to the development of Trans Frontier Conservation.

Conservation Management
And Law Enforcement With Game Rangers In Africa

Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa
Working closely with...
South African National Parks
University of
Johannesburg
African Centre for Holistic Management
World Wildlife Fund

Endorsed by...
South African Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
Zimbabwe Parks & Wildlife
together with Mushandike Wildlife College
Malawi Parks & Wildlife

this was made possible by the generous support of:

“I believe this trip has allowed the employees to experience conservation issues from a different perspective, and these conservationists will now be more aware of challenges outside of a SANParks perspective”
- Dr. David Mabunda (SANParks)

http://toyotaoutreach2009.blogspot.com	59
http://www.toyotaoutreach.com	30
http://translate.googleusercontent.com	1
http://www.slideshare.net	1

Toyota Enviro Outreach 2009

by cwlinde on Nov 22, 2009

Accessibility

Categories

Tags

Upload Details

Usage Rights

4 Embeds 91

Statistics

Toyota Enviro Outreach 2009 — Presentation Transcript