|
Work on a reserve is diverse, and each day brings about new challenges, and developments. Apart from the monitoring and research that you will be involved in there are also a number of other activities which you will be required to participate in:
- Sleep outs / monitoring in remote areas. Not only is sleeping out in the wild an unforgettable experience but this also this provides more eyes and ears in an area which is beneficial as an anti – poaching tool.
- Erosion control and habitat rehabilitation: volunteers will assist in ongoing habitat monitoring and rehabilitation initiatives in the reserve, including erosion control, the construction of gabions, brush-packing etc. Volunteers will also assist in the identification of other problem areas and formulate planning strategies for their rehabilitation.
- Assisting with maintenance of boundary fences and fence patrols. This is an integral part of any reserve as the fencing system is the boundary which not only keep our precious resources in but also keeps undesirables out.
- Removal of internal fencing / pens / droppers / poles / wire / rubbish from old mines etc. To get the reserve into pristine condition all old traces of human habituation need to be removed.
- Building of any required bomas or other structures.
- Participating in anti-poaching and snare patrols.
- Game capture and transportation where applicable.
- Erection and maintenance of roads, dams, boreholes etc.
- Mechanical maintenance of equipment and vehicles.
- Alien vegetation control: the volunteers will learn to identify and mechanically or chemically clear stands of alien and invasive vegetation on the reserve.
- Water provision and management.
- Bush encroachment and its control.
|
|
