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Getting up close and personal - Macro photo captured by Chad Cocking of Tanda Tula
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Hi Subscribers,
Here is the latest Timbavati Telegraph! Wow have we been experiencing some strange weather over the past few weeks! From extreme heat (47 degrees!) to amazing and much needed rainfall. The Timbavati has been busy with all kinds of activities, this edition is longer than usual but there is so much to catch up on.
Remember, to tell your friends & family to subscribe to our Timbavati Telegraph by simply going onto our website at www.timbavati.co.za and wait for the MailChimp pop up.
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River health monitoring project
The Lower Olifants River Health Forum which consists of three private protected areas along the Klaserie River, namely Kapama Private Game Reserve, Timbavati and the Klaserie Private Nature Reserves, who have started their official long term water monitoring program on 28 October 2019.
The monitoring focuses on the different habitat types within each reserve, vegetation, both vertebrates and invertebrates, basic water chemical indicators and avifauna. More frequent (monthly) river flow monitoring will be done as from January 2020, this monitoring will aid in the understanding of the water flow flux within the Klaserie River system.
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Leopard demographics study - Panthera
The TPNR is the only reserve within the APNR (Associated Private Nature Reserves) conducting an annual leopard demographic survey. The TPNR is also the private reserve with the longest ongoing formal scientific-based leopard survey within the province of Mpumalanga. A total area of 21 000 ha within the central section of the TPNR is surveyed every year, with the survey lasting approximately 6 -7 weeks. An average of approximately 3500 photos are taken during this survey period. Apart from leopard densities, the survey also delivers densities of other species such as prey, competing carnivores and human activity.
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Be sure to look out for an upcoming blog which uncovers a bit more about our various research projects which are currently on the go!
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Citrus Development Update
From our side, we can only say that the development of the citrus estate is still under the appeal process, however this does not seem to stop the upgrades and improvements are happening...
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Rotary Club of Hoedspruit - K2C Cycle Tour Awards Evening
With the 5th annual K2C cycle tour completed during July 2019, Hoedspruit Rotary Club held an awards evening on the 24th of October, to present a number of certificates to the various reserves and NGOs that were involved in the events logistics. In return, the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve awarded Hoedspruit Rotary Club with a certificate of appreciation for their continuous efforts and ongoing support. Hoedspruit Rotary Club are an extremely active group of people, who dedicate their time and efforts to improving the livelihoods of not only the people around them, but also the regions wildlife.
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Connecting Communities to Conservation
The Timbavati Private Nature Reserve
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Donations from Makanyi Lodge
A huge thank you to Makanyi Lodge for the massive donation! Items will be distributed to a variety of different NGOs & community projects over the next few weeks.
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Donations from Kambaku Lodge
A great thank you to Kambaku Lodge for the donation of art supplies to the Timbavati Foundation!
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Exciting visit from Microsoft Philanthropies
Warren Moore of Kings Camp, assisted in engaging with Microsoft to help plant the seeds of a possible future partnership between Microsoft, the Timbavati & the Timbavati Foundation. The visit extended over two days, involving various site visits to both the Timbavati, the Timbavati Foundation and Nourish NGO, allowing Microsoft to get an understanding of possible future projects within our landscape.
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Timbavati Foundation Outreach - Netted Gardens
As one of The Timbavati Foundation 's four guiding pillars, creating self sustainable and climate resilient communities, ensures that underprivileged areas adapt to the ever changing natural environment and economic difficulties. By establishing functional netted vegetable gardens & providing borehole water, these communities will not only reap the benefits of healthy & organic diets but in time, potentially bring in a future source of income.
Great work by the Future Ranger facilitators and the Foundation team as they build their first garden for the year at Nhlangelo Primary School.
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Workshop upgrades
A complete revamp of the headquarters workshop has taken place. Those who may have seen the previous facility will know that this is a complete transformation. Now for the smaller touches to ensure that it complies with the full spectrum of Health & Safety regulations.
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Makanyi Lodge are winners for the fourth year running!
Such a huge achievement for Makanyi Lodge who have won the Condé Nast Johansens Award for excellence 2020, within the Best Immersive Experience category.
"Condé Nast Johansens Awards were created to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across our recommended properties, our world-renowned Awards for Excellence are a trusted mark of quality recognised by consumers and travel professionals alike." - https://www.johansens.com/awards/
Well done Makanyi and to everyone who supported them with a vote! We are very proud!
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Seasons change - Chad Cocking of Tanda Tula
Chad Cocking from Tanda Tula has done an incredible series of fixed point photographs within the central region of the Timbavati! Just amazing how extreme our seasons are, especially when its captures through a cameras lens. Thank you Chad!
View blog here - http://www.tandatula.com/blog/posts/changing-of-the-seasons/
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Interesting links for a read:
Here are a few hot stories from the past few weeks:
1. The changing of Africa's conservation landscape part-2 (Tanda Tula - Don Scott - Read more
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Fun Fact Fridays
#FunFactsFriday, with the small amount of rainfall received over the last week, the evenings echo with the sound of various frog species. Can you identify this gorgeous fellow and the type of camouflage they make use of?
Answer:
Foam nest tree frog (common name)
Chiromantis xerampelina (scientific name)
Camoflage type - Disguise
Well done to Micheal Dippenaar for getting both answer correct!
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Wild Dreams Recruitment Blog - October
These days we use Apps on our phones to reference bush 'facts', but a book is an amazing study tool and there are so many excellent ones out there to choose from.
Listed below is Wild Dreams Recruitment’s ‘best bush books’ – as reviewed by a FGASA Specialised Lead Trails Field Guide
Read here - https://wilddreams.co.za/suggested-guides-reading-list-best-bush-books/
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Motswari Blog Volume 32 – Painted dogs moving on
Denning season for the painted dogs has come to an end, the pups are now big enough and strong enough to travel with the pack. At the end of August one vehicle of guests was lucky enough to witness the extraordinary activity of a large pack of wild dogs finally moving out of the den …
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