Park Operations

Park Operations

Park operations are an essential component of park management for a secure and efficiently run National Park. The BMNP aims to put in place administration and human resource management systems that are efficient and effective and that will lead to a motivated, appropriately trained and professional staff team. Resource protection is a key feature of park operations and this requires a number of initiatives. Infrastructure development and the purchase of sufficient equipment is required for effective management, particularly as staff numbers increase. Park and zone boundaries must be agreed with local communities and demarcated on the ground, after which procedures for park gazettement can be implemented. An efficient patrolling and scout deployment system will be designed and implemented, which will be in line with infrastructure development and staff number increases, to expand the sphere of management influence beyond its current sphere in the northern extreme of BMNP. Park administration and financial systems will be modernised and streamlined, with actions designed to implement an adaptive planning system that will monitor GMP implementation and the changing context and thus will adapt accordingly. Finally, inadequate financing is a key obstacle for BMNP management and actions have been drawn up that will improve understanding of the economic and financial flows in the ecosystem and investigate innovative internal and external funding mechanisms so that a comprehensive business plan for BMNP can be formulated.