Tugwi Mukosi Recreational Park Management Plan 2021 - 2031.

The Tugwi Mukosi Recreational Park Management Plan 2021 -2031 is actioned through four interlinked management programmes: 1. Ecological Management, 2. Tourism Development and Management, 3. Outreach and Collaborative Management 4. Park Administration. Each programme is divided into the following sections: Programme Description and Purpose; Management Philosophy and Guiding Principles; Objectives, Strategies and Activities - The core of the management programme. Each strategy has a text description in which the various activities are defined. At the end of each action is a summary of the activities relevant to that action to help focus ground managers. Within the document each programme is colour coded.
1) Ecological Management: the main function of the ecological management programme is to provide the information base on which other management programmes carry out interventions. With four objectives, the programme aims to enhance and expand monitoring and guide research, develop the mechanisms to protect and conserve key habitats, improve the conservation status of diverse aquatic and terrestrial species, to address land use issues outside the Protected Areas and seeks to mobilise resources for the same. The Programme works strongly in conjunction with the Park Administration Programme, especially on “cross-cutting” issues such as fire, vegetation and water management. Four objectives are defined dealing with research and monitoring, improving the status of selected species and habitats, conservation issues outside the Park and with resource mobilisation to enhance the programme. 3) Outreach and Collaborative Management: This programme deals with communities and wildlife and conservation related issues outside the Park. It also deals with collaborative management. Five objectives are defined, three dealing with communities, stakeholders and the ever-present human wildlife interface. The fourth objective defines ways of dealing with conservation partners and collaborative management paradigms for the Park. The fifth objective deals with resource mobilisation to drive and strengthen this programme. 4) The Park Administration programme underpins all other programmes and their activities in the Park. The programme aims to provide a conducive and supportive environment for Park staff to carry out their duties. Staff need to be well trained, motivated and in sufficient numbers to carry out their duties effectively. They also need sufficient infrastructure and equipment to be able to carry out their duties. This includes building decent staff housing, roads, airstrips, boats, vehicles and ancillary patrol related equipment. Any staff increases need to be done in tandem with improved housing facilities. Five objectives are defined, three of them dealing with ensuring that staff numbers and morale are improved and that there is sufficient equipment and infrastructure for the management of the Park. The fourth deals with security and law enforcement. The fifth deals with mobilisation of resources to fund the programme.