4.36 - 4.45 HERBIVORE DENSITY - SOURCE DATA: HOANIB RIVER

 

CATCHMENT ELEPHANT DATA

 

Data ID

 

Description:

Point locations of sightings of elephants in the Hoanib River between 1981 and 2000

 

Chapter:

4 Living Resources

 

File name:

Hoanib river catchment elephant data.txt

 

File type:

Other

 

Geographical area:

Hoanib River

 

Keywords:

elephant

 

 

distribution

 

Notes on data, analysis and

Compiled by the Hoanib River Catchment project of DRFN

 

compilation:

 

Data quality and organisation

 

Positional Accuracy:

Co-ordinates GPS'd or derived from 1:250,000 map

 

Source/Distribution

 

Data Source:

Hoanib River Catchment Project, DRFN

 

Contact:

DRFN

 

Online/Offline Address:

Tel: 229855

 

 

Email: drfn@iwwn.com.na

 

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted

 

4.36 - 4.45 HERBIVORE DENSITY - SOURCE DATA: MET AERIAL CENSUS 1998

 

SAMPLING BLOCKS

 

Data ID

 

Description:

Sampling blocks used for Ministry of Environment and Tourism aerial censuses in 1998

 

Chapter:

4 Living Resources

 

File name:

Ministry of Environment and Tourism aerial census blocks 1998

 

File type:

Arcview shapefile

 

Geographical area:

Namibia

 

Keywords:

1998

 

 

aerial census

 

 

MET

 

 

sampling blocks

 

Notes on data, analysis and

78 sampling blocks used by Ministry of Environment and Tourism for aerial censuses in 1998, covering much of the

 

compilation:

northern half of the country. Areas covered excluded parts of Kunene region, Brandberg, and parts of Kavango,

 

Omaheke and Otjozondjupa regions.

 

Data quality and organisation

 

Positional Accuracy:

 

Vector/Raster:

Vector

 

Spatial reference

 

Projection:

Geographic

 

Fields

 

Field name

Field description

 

BLOCK_ID

Reference ID for each block

 

INTENSITY

Intensity at which the block was sampled (i.e. % of block covered)

 

INTENSITY_

Intensity as an integer

 

TRANSECT_D

Distance between transects, in km

 

Source/Distribution

 

Data Source:

DSSS at Ministry of Environment and Tourism.

 

Contact:

Holger Kolberg

 

Online/Offline Address:

Directorate of Specialist Support Services

 

 

Ministry of Environment and Tourism

 

 

Windhoek

 

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted

 

4.36 - 4.45 HERBIVORE DENSITY - SOURCE DATA: MET AERIAL CENSUS 2000

 

SAMPLING BLOCKS

 

Data ID

 

Description:

Sampling blocks used for Ministry of Environment and Tourism aerial censuses in 2000

 

Chapter:

4 Living Resources

 

File name:

Ministry of Environment and Tourism aerial census blocks 2000

 

File type:

Arcview shapefile

 

Geographical area:

Namibia

 

Keywords:

2000

 

 

aerial census

 

 

sampling blocks

 

Notes on data, analysis and

43 sampling blocks used by Ministry of Environment and Tourism for aerial censuses in 1998, covering Sperrgebiet,

 

compilation:

Namib Naukluft Park, Skeleton Coast Park, Etosha, Kaudum, Nyae Nyae and some other parts of Kunene and

 

 

Kavango/Otjozondjupa regions.

 

Data quality and organisation

 

Positional Accuracy:

 

Vector/Raster:

Vector

 

Spatial reference

 

Projection:

Geographic

 

Fields

 

Field name

Field description

 

BLOCK_ID

Reference ID for each block

 

INTENSITY

Intensity at which the block was sampled (I.e. % of block covered)

 

INTENSITY_

Intensity as an integer

 

Source/Distribution

 

Data Source:

DSSS at Ministry of Environment and Tourism.

 

Contact:

Holger Kolberg

 

Online/Offline Address:

Directorate of Specialist Support Services

 

 

Ministry of Environment and Tourism

 

 

Windhoek

 

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted

 

4.36 - 4.45 HERBIVORE DENSITY - SOURCE DATA: MET AERIAL CENSUS DATA

 

Data ID

 

Description:

Aerial census data for 1995, 1998 and 2000

 

Chapter:

4 Living Resources

 

File name:

MET aerial census data.mdb

 

File type:

Other

 

Geographical area:

Namibia

 

Keywords:

herbivore

 

 

aerial census

 

 

MET

 

 

1998

 

 

2000

 

Notes on data, analysis and

DSSS at Ministry of Environment and Tourism. Access database compiled from original text files provided by DSSS,

 

compilation:

Ministry of Environment and Tourism. The queries 'sightings 1998' and 'sightings 2000 2 final' extract data from tables

 

 

all_data98 and all_data00, respectively, in format required for analysis i.e. Species, long, lat, year and no of animals

 

 

represented by each sighting (after taking account of sampling intensity). Additional data are in tables called Etosha_95,

 

 

Hunsberg_98, Kunene_95 and Naukluft_98.

 

Data quality and organisation

 

Positional Accuracy:

Points GPS'd during aerial census.

 

Vector/Raster:

Raster

 

Fields

 

Field name

Field description

 

Source/Distribution

 

Data Source:

Ministry of Environment and Tourism

 

Contact:

Holger Kolberg

 

Online/Offline Address:

Directorate of Specialist Support Services

 

 

Ministry of Environment and Tourism

 

 

Windhoek

 

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted

 

4.36 - 4.45 HERBIVORE DENSITY - SOURCE DATA: MET FARM GAME CENSUS

 

DATA

 

Data ID

 

Description:

Farm game census data for 1998

 

Chapter:

4 Living Resources

 

File name:

MET farm game census data

 

File type:

Dbase file

 

Geographical area:

Namibia

 

Keywords:

1998

 

 

MET

 

 

abundance

 

 

herbivore

 

 

burchell's zebra

 

 

diversity

 

 

elephant

 

 

gemsbok

 

 

giraffe

 

 

hartebeest

 

 

kudu

 

 

mountain zebra

 

 

springbok

 

 

carnivore

 

Notes on data, analysis and

DSSS at Ministry of Environment and Tourism. Farm by farm data on estimated herbivore and carnivore numbers,

 

compilation:

compiled by Ministry of Environment and Tourism in 1998 from questionnaires supplied to all farmers.

 

Source/Distribution

 

Data Source:

Ministry of Environment and Tourism

 

Contact:

Holger Kolberg

 

Online/Offline Address:

Directorate of Specialist Support Services

 

 

Ministry of Environment and Tourism

 

 

Windhoek

 

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted