Zingela Consulting
Human Resources Management in Johannesburg

Zingela Consulting - South African adaptive natural resource and wildlife management.

International conventions on conservation aimed at national commitments in conserving natural resources and the phenomenal growth of the private sector game industry have resulted in increases in areas under wildlife management. Preservation of wildlife resources has evolved morally and ethically to conservation in which sustainable consumptive use and benefit sharing with local communities are cornerstones. The change from crop and stock farming to game is socio-economic involving the conversion of areas of marginal land. Both public and private sector changes have brought opportunities and threats, which require the application of sound wildlife management principles. Zingela Consulting offers services in wildlife management to deal effectively with these issues. Each project is evaluated in terms of human resources available from the client and those available in Zingela’s network of associates. Michael Zingel has the academic background of Agriculture, with genetics as the major focus and wildlife management with habitat and socio-economic issues as the prime areas of research. He has been active in the seed industry both as managing director of a leading seed company and as a prime mover in the establishment of the organised South African seed trade. Pasture and veld management and the application of seed related solutions are his enduring passions. He is engaged in on-going research into methods of vegetation analysis. Analysis opens the way for construction of models for management of both livestock and game. Zingela Consulting models are based on vegetation analysis, past climatic events and various future scenarios and interventions such as fire. Zingela Consulting offers services in rehabilitation and wildlife management to deal effectively with rehabilitation and rescue, carrying capacity and management planning. By using the latest technology including satellite imagery, Zingela Consulting have the basis to produce accurate assessments in order to determine carrying capacity for sustainable consumptive wildlife management. Adaptive resource management is at the heart of the Zingela consulting approach. As the projects are being run, monitoring of diagnostic points is carried out. As a result, corrections and improvements to the original planning can be done in a way that the stakeholders are aware of and can recommit themselves. Zingela Consulting takes a multidisciplinary approach to wildlife management planning. Zingela Consulting recognise to importance of the desires of all relevant stakeholders at the outset of any management plan. The approach to be taken is to set objectives with the stakeholders. The objectives are then identified in terms of goals, which are expressed in terms of time and resources. The goals are then broken down into programmes within which specific projects are set. Adaptive resource management is at the heart of the Zingela Consulting approach. As a result, corrections and improvements to the original planning can be done in a way that the stakeholders are aware and can recommit themselves. The multidisciplinary approach is vital as it is not only science and economics that are realities, but the sociology and obligation to stewardship of the creation are equally, if not more important, in the connectedness of things.