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Population Monitoring And Surveillance Of Pickersgills Reed Frog To Assess Responses To Conservation Management Interventions At Four Coastal Wetlands Symposium Of Contemporary Conservation Practice, 2016 Jiba Magwaza Threatened Amphibians

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Population Monitoring And Surveillance Of Pickersgill’s Reed Frog To Assess Responses To Conservation Management Interventions At Four Coastal Wetlands

Jiba Magwaza Threatened Amphibians Programme Intern

Symposium Of Contemporary Conservation Practice, 2016

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Introduction

  • Amphibians are currently the most threatened

class of vertebrate on earth

  • Frogs are important:
  • Food chain
  • Bio-indicators
  • Flagships for freshwater
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Pickersgill’s Reed Frog (Hyperolius pickersgilli)

  • Background
  • Critically Endangered
  • BMP-S (October)
  • Endemic to KZN
  • Monitoring
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Distribution Map

25 PRF sites across Kwa Zulu-Natal coast (as of Feb 2016) 2 PRF sites in protected areas

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Monitoring-Song Meters

  • National Resource Management Project
  • Mt Moreland
  • Widenham
  • Isipingo
  • Adams Mission
  • Benchmark - Simbithi
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Monitoring- Song Meters

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Monitoring-Song Meters

  • Simbithi Eco Estate: Benchmark site
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Monitoring-Song Meters

  • Simbithi Eco Estate: Benchmark site
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Wetland Assessment

  • Mt Moreland:
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Wetland Assessment

  • Mt Moreland:

Froggy Pond wetland in Mount Moreland; Froggy Pond is a 7.78ha reed marsh

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Wetland Assessment

  • Mt Moreland: Disturbance units with impact ratings for flow distribution and retention.
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Wetland Assessment

  • Mt Moreland: Disturbance units with impact ratings for vegetation
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Wetland Assessment

  • Mt Moreland: Methods
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Wetland Assessment

  • Mt Moreland

Activities / Land Uses that Reduce Water Inputs Extent (Ha) Extent of Catchment (%) Sugarcane (Active) 1.08 0.33%

Irrigated lands 0%

Alien vegetation 85.95 26.22%

Plantations 0% Dams 0%

Activities / Land Uses that Increase Water Inputs Volume (m3) Extent of Catchment MAR (%)

Waste water overflows Not available Assumed to be 5% of natural inputs Leaking water and/or sewer infrastructure Not available Assumed to be 1% of natural inputs Mount Moreland septic tanks Not available Assumed to be 4% of natural inputs

Hardened surfaces 84.23 Assumed to be 5% of natural inputs

Activities / Land Uses that Increase Flood Peaks Extent (Ha) Extent of Catchment (%) Hardened surfaces 84.23 25.69% (assumed 50% attenuation by KSIA detention dam) Bare surfaces & Poor veld (recently abandoned cane land) 133.47 40.71%

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Social Engagement

  • School Surveys
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Social Engagements

  • NRM Team Attitude Surveys
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Way forward

  • Stewardship And Community Agreements
  • Monitoring
  • Awareness
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Acknowledgements

  • Pictures: Ryan Edwards, Nick Evans, Cherise Acker, Jeanne Tarrant.
  • Sponsors and Partners:
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Questions?

Thank you