A summary of the events at the Symposium are shown here.Īnd on the very last day, the Rangers were extremely lucky to experience traditional dance and culture of the San from the !Xun and Khwedam speaking tribes (relocated mainly from Angola) in the satellite community Platfontein near Kimberley. Many people came to the talk they presented on the Indigenous Protected Area and Working on Country programs and Angas Downs. The Rangers nearly had celebrity status at the International Wildlife Ranching Symposium, South Africa in Kimberley with everyone wanting to have a photo with them. The rangers were also lucky to view sustainable Springbok meat harvesting practices on private game reserves and see the contribution that hunting, game trading and ecotourism were making to sustaining conservation. Opportunities for collaboration and exchange are being explored. The Rangers, who had never left Australia before, visited staff in Kruger and Mokala National Parks, and the South African National Parks Headquarters in Kimberley, the South Africa Wildlife College where they met students from all over Africa studying Wildlife Management and Conservation. role of fire and vegetation management conservation of wildlife and land management.Indigenous guiding and game viewing, tourism and accommodation support.importance of the dollar value of animals in both national parks and private game reserves to wildlife conservation.intensive wildlife management and techniques for increasing wildlife numbers, and catching and moving of wild animals.The itinerary included visits to national parks and private game reserves. Angas Downs Rangers visited South Africa in October 2011 on a training and educational trip of a lifetime.

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