Last Update -May 2008
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WHERE DO WE PLAN TO CARRY OUT THE RESEARCH?

In order to fully understand the impact of utilisation on the survival of the leopard we will be carrying out the same field work in five different representative areas. Leopards exist in many different land uses but are used consumptively in Safari areas (under the jurisdiction of the PWMA), CAMPFIRE areas (under the jurisdiction of Rural District Councils), private wildlife areas and on commercial wildlife and cattle ranches. However, to assess the impact of utilisation on survival, it is necessary to compare data with an area where leopards exist in a natural state, such as a National Park.

For both research and logistical reasons we have chosen the following study areas:

  1. Units 1 - 4 of the Matetsi Safari Area
  2. The northern section of Hwange National Park
  3. Tsholotsho CAMPFIRE area
  4. The commercial and resettled farmland of the Gwanda/West Nicholson area
  5. Bubye Valley Conservancy

  X.  We also hope to carry out spoor counts in a number of different areas throughout the
        country to work towards a population estimate for the whole country.


Map of Zimbabwe, showing areas we we intend to carry out the research.