MAHANGO CORE AREA

BY JOSEPH MBAMBO
221077308
 Introduction
• The Mahango Game Park (the official name is
Mahango Core Area) is situated on the
Bwabwata National Park in Kavango East.
• It’s designated as important wild bird area.
• The MEFT object is to conserve the
endangered species or rare species.
Mahango Core Area

Fig 1: Shows the location of Mahango

 Flora
• 38% of the vegetation is shrubland, while 62% is
grassland. These include baobab trees, jackal
berries, knob thorns, kiat, zambezi teak etc.
 Flora; Baobab tree

Fig 2: Shows a baobab tree

 Fauna
• There are 99 documented species of
mammals. These include hippo, elephants,
buffalo, tsetsebe, lechwe, sable, wildebeest
etc.
 Fauna; Elephant

Fig 3: Shows the elephant

 FIELD ACTIVITIES
1. Visiting water point

Fig 4: Shows Singwerengwere water point

 FIELD ACTIVITIES
2. Attending human wildlife conflict at Frans
Dimbare Youth Centre where a goat was
attacked by a crocodile at the center.
 FIELD ACTIVITIES
3. Field patrol

Fig: Shows people in patrol

 FIELD ACTIVITIES
4. Hunting for own use for that Karyamacan
Association
 Hunting for own use

Figure: Shows a carcass of a Buffalo

 FIELD ACTIVITIES
5. Removing snare wires

Fig 6: Shows collections of snare wire

 FIELD ACTIVITIES
6. Placing a crocodile cage at Mwitjiku village.

Fig 7: Shows a 17 years old boy injured by crocodile

A CROCODILE CAGE
 FIELD ACTIVITIES
7. Hunting for own use
Three buffalo were destroyed to the law
enforcements officers which were helping on
anti-poaching.
 FIELD ACTIVITIES
8. Tagging a crocodile

Fig: Shows a crocodile tagged

 FIELD ACTIVITIES
9. Hunting for own use
Three buffalo were destroyed for the law
enforcements officers which were helping on
anti-poaching unit.
 FIELD ACTIVITIES
2. Development work- Cleaning the duty station
 VISITING COMMUNITIES
1. Meeting at Mwitjiku Village
The meeting was all about building a lodge,
the community members had a meeting with
the MEFT where to build a community lodge.
 VISITING COMMUNITIES
2. Visiting Biro Village
The main reason for visiting was to monitor the
behavior of a hippopotamus which attacked a
boat at Biro Village.
The scene was reported after three days.
No solution was brought up.
 VISITING COMMUNITIES
3.Visiting Mwitjiku Village
The meeting was all about the building a
water tank at the village, since there are a lot
of reports about human wildlife conflict
recorded at this village.
 REFLECTIONS
• GIS
• WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
 RECOMENDATIONS
1. To MEFT

• To put an electical fence on the park.

• To remove some of the dangerous species
from communI ties to the parks
 RECOMENDATIONS
2. To UNAM
Modules must base on practical than theories.
 CONCLUSIONS
• To conclude,the field attachment was
excellent. Some repeated issues mentioned
need more research on how to solve them.
Some of the recommendations given will
help to solve some issues.
 REFERENCES
Brown, J., & Bird, N. (2010). Sustainable resourse
management in Namibia. Succesful community

MEFFT. (2013). Management Plan Bwabwata

National Park. Windhoek: KfW Development

MEFT. (2011). State of Protected Area. Ministry

of Environment Forest and Tourism, Namibia, 5-