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| Tsi, E.A. | |
| Status of wildlife and its utilisation in Faro and Benou‚ National Parks North Cameroon | |
| 2006 Full Book | |
Primary and secondary data were collected during the period of January - May 2005 and questionnaires were issued between August - December 2004 to know the Status of Wildlife and its Utilisation in Faro and Benou‚ National Parks North Cameroon: Case study of the Derby Eland (_Taurotragus derbianus gigas _Gray, 1947) and the African Wild Dog (_Lycaon pictus _Temminck, 1840). The line transect method was used to assess wildlife population. Geographical Information System (GIS) maps of Faro and Benou‚ National Parks were drawn to show their distribution. Eleven different wildlife species were studied in Faro and Benou‚ National park. The density of _Kobus kob _in Faro was 0.39 animals/kmý and 0.28 animals/kmý in Benou‚ and that for _Acelaphus buselaphus _was 0.4 animals/kmý in Benou‚ National park. The encounter rate was calculated for all other species and it was weak in Faro ranging from 0.009 - 0.01 while in Benou‚ it was higher ranging from 0.03 - 0.87. The highest encounter rate was from Benou‚ National Park for _Loxodonta africanna_. The total biomass for wildlife was 13,224.4 kg/kmý with the higest percentage contribution of which 60.49% coming from _Taurotragus derbianus gigas _in Faro National Park.The total biomass in Benou‚ National Park was 37, 1839 kg/kmý with the biomass for _Taurotragus derbianus gigas _as 20 kg/kmý and percentage contribution of 9.68%. The higest percentage contribution to the total biomass in Benou‚ National Park was 85.52% coming from _Loxodonta Africana_. No observations or trace of the _Lycaon pictus _was seen in the two parks (Faro and Benou‚) within the study period. Removal and replacement rates of _Taurotragus derbianus gigas _showed a polynomial shaped curve with periods of population increase and decrease with regards to yearly behaviour while the previewed _Lycaon pictus _for hunting showed a polynomial shaped curve while its actual removal dwindled on a straight line. Removal and replacement is not influenced by sport hunting activities alone but prey availability, absence and presence of predators, disease, car accidents and other human influences. However, the critical value for the exploitation (sport hunting) of wildlife over a period of 20 years in Faro and Benou‚ National Parks was necessary to be determined though it was a difficult attempt. Income generated from park activities had doubled from 42.8 million F CFA to 92.5 million F CFA in 2001. Categories of hunters coming to the parks for hunting activities were 90% nonresidents, 6% residents and 4% nationals hunting by permit. The estimated annual revenue from wildlife was 91,185.00 Euros and 773,685.00 Euros in Faro and Benou‚ National Parks respectively. _Taurotragus derbianus gigas _had the highest value of 19,400 Euros in Faro National Park and 87,000 Euros in Benou‚ National Park. Both parks contribute 0.58% of the total revenue generated by wildlife in Faro and Benou‚. There was a high level of awareness about conservation of the _Taurotragus derbianus gigas _and the _Lycaon pictus_. Also was a general willingness to pay for the conservation of resources though it was an issue of a social dilemma of choosing between self interest and collective gains. However, the population was willing to pay 500 F CFA to generate a conservation fund to sustain identified conservation projects. Assessing the management policy of the government, 40% of the population wish to be compensated for giving away their resource while 28% opt for exchange, 9% expropriation, 16% continuation and 1% had indicated no option (neutral). |
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