I am now going to share with you some of my photographs and life in National Parks.
A visitor to National Parks enjoys his comfortable accommodation, drives along on well maintained roads and gets information from friendly staff. His view of the parks is on the animals and birds he sees and the countryside that he passes through.
Before the arrival of Europeans to Africa the wild life would move with the seasonal changes. When National Parks were formed and fences put up the whole scene changed and these areas had to now be managed. Management now had to have regard to fauna, flora, seasonal rains and limited areas for game to move together with over grazing, fires and draughts. When one decision is made then another has to be made to preserve the habitat in which both can survive. There is a school of thought that favours no interference with nature, whatever the consequences. This can lead to a collapse of the habitat and massive mortality among all species that may be acceptable to nature, but not to conservationists and ecologist.
The overall administration is occupied by the Provincial Warden who has responsibility for the whole national park and some of the adjacent area, together with a large staff consisting of a Warden, Rangers, research team, game-scouts, management unit and maintenance staff. All incidents are discussed and if it is minor then it is dealt with by the respective people, and if it is of a complex nature then the Provincial Warden has to step in and discussion then have to include Head Office, which was situated in Harare. The staff is regarded as monitors and are there to prevent degradation of the habitat, over-population, erosion and game water supply.
Boyd Reese was the fifth person to occupy the post of Provincial Warden of Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, since it was established in 1928. While his staff was considerably larger than that of the first warden, Ted Davidson, Mr Reese had to manage the park with less than one person per 100 square kilometres.
Before the arrival of Europeans to Africa the wild life would move with the seasonal changes. When National Parks were formed and fences put up the whole scene changed and these areas had to now be managed. Management now had to have regard to fauna, flora, seasonal rains and limited areas for game to move together with over grazing, fires and draughts. When one decision is made then another has to be made to preserve the habitat in which both can survive. There is a school of thought that favours no interference with nature, whatever the consequences. This can lead to a collapse of the habitat and massive mortality among all species that may be acceptable to nature, but not to conservationists and ecologist.
The overall administration is occupied by the Provincial Warden who has responsibility for the whole national park and some of the adjacent area, together with a large staff consisting of a Warden, Rangers, research team, game-scouts, management unit and maintenance staff. All incidents are discussed and if it is minor then it is dealt with by the respective people, and if it is of a complex nature then the Provincial Warden has to step in and discussion then have to include Head Office, which was situated in Harare. The staff is regarded as monitors and are there to prevent degradation of the habitat, over-population, erosion and game water supply.
Boyd Reese was the fifth person to occupy the post of Provincial Warden of Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, since it was established in 1928. While his staff was considerably larger than that of the first warden, Ted Davidson, Mr Reese had to manage the park with less than one person per 100 square kilometres.
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