Programme Details:

25 October, 2001

16h00 Course Participants Registration at the Road House, Port Elizabeth.

DAY 1
26 October, 2001.

07h00 Breakfast
08h00 Depart Port Elizabeth

Shamwari Private Game Reserve, Eastern Cape

09h30 Arrive Shamwari Game Reserve Tea / Coffee
10h30 Welcome by Mr. A. Gardiner, Owner of Shamwari
Opening of the Wilderness Training Course by the MEC for the Environment, Eastern Cape, 

11h30 Introductions and Course Expectations Drummond Densham
Course Programme and Outcomes
13h00 Lunch

SESSION 1
INTRODUCTION to WILDERNESS 
Chair - Drummond Densham

14h00 Concepts of Wilderness Bill Bainbridge
14h45 Discussions
15h00 Tea
15h30 History of Wilderness Malcolm Draper
16h15 Discussions
16h45 Depart for Zuurberg Inn
17h30 Arrive and take up accommodation

DAY 2
27 October, 2001.

07h00 Breakfast
08h00 Course Housekeeping and Review of Day 1

SESSION 2
WILDERNESS DEFINITIONS and LEGISLATION
Chair - Malcolm Draper

08h30 Wilderness Definitions and Legislation Drummond Densham
09h15 Group work Assignment No.1 - Defining wilderness Drummond Densham
10h00 Tea
10h15 Group Report back on Assignment 1

SESSION 3
WILDERNESS PHILOSOPHY
Chair - Bill Bainbridge
11h00 Wilderness Philosophy Malcolm Draper
11h30 Discussions
12h00 The Global and Local Idea of Wilderness Malcolm Draper
13h00 Lunch
13h45 Discussions

SESSION 4
WILDERNESS MANAGEMENT
Chair - Malcolm Draper
14h15 Principles of Wilderness Management Drummond Densham
15h00 Tea
15h15 Principles of Wilderness Management
16h00 Group Work Assignment No 2 - Case Study Drummond Densham
17h00 Group Report Back on Assignment 2

DAY 3
28 October, 2001.

07h00 Breakfast
08h00 Course Housekeeping and Review of Day 2
08h30 Test No.1 - 30 minutes

Chair - Bill Bainbridge
09h00 Guest Speaker - The Challenges of Managing a Wilderness Area Japie Buckle

09h45 Discussions
10h00 Tea

SESSION 5
VISITOR MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
Chair - Malcolm Draper

10h15 Techniques of Visitor Management Drummond Densham
11h00 Group work Assignment No.3 - Case study Bill Bainbridge
11h45 Group Report back on Assignment 3

12h15 Guest Speaker - Managing Visitors in the Baviaanskloof Wilderness Complex - 
Derek Clark
13h00 Lunch
13h45 Discussions 

SESSION 6
WILDERNESS PLANNING
Chair - Drummond Densham

14h15 Planning Techniques to Conserve the Wilderness Resource Bill Bainbridge
15h00 Tea
15h15 Discussions
15h45 Integrated Environmental Management Processes and its relation to Wilderness 
Management Bill Bainbridge
16h30 Discussions

DAY 4
29 October, 2001.

07h00 Breakfast
08h00 Course Housekeeping and Review of Day 3
08h30 Test No.2

FIELD VISIT TO SHAMWARI PRIVATE GAME RESERVE WILDERNESS AREA

09h00 Depart for Shamwari Wilderness Area with packed lunch.

10h00 Arrive at Shamwari. Leader - Reserve Manager - Johan Joubert
Discussions on designating, planning, and managing a private wilderness area.

16h00 Depart for Zuurberg Inn

DAY 5
30 October, 2001.

08h00 Course Housekeeping and Review of Day 4

SESSION 7
THE RELEVANCE of WILDERNESS in AFRICA
Chair - Rob Fincham

08h30 The case for and against wilderness. Bill Bainbridge and Malcolm Draper
09h30 Open Discussions
10h00 Tea

10h15 Guest Speaker - Wilderness Conservation and the Communities Patrick Marsh
11h00 Discussions

11h15 Group work Assignment No.6 The Relevance of wilderness Drummond Densham
12h30 Group Report back on Assignment 6
13h00 Lunch
14h00 Depart for the Camp Site to Overnight

DAY 6
31 October, 2001.

07h00 Breakfast
08h00 Course Housekeeping and Review of Day 5
08h30 Test No. 3

SESSION 8
WILDERNESS : INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Chair - Rob Fincham

09h00 Key Note Speaker - Vance Martin - An International Review of Legislation and Policy 
for Wilderness Area
09h45 Tea
10h15 Guest Speaker - Gerry Stokes - Politicians, NGOs and Wilderness
10h45 Guest Speaker - Khulani Mkhize - Perspectives of Formal Wilderness Management in 
KwaZulu-Natal
11h15 Guest Speaker - Alan Watson - Trends in Eco-tourism in Wilderness
11h45 Discussions

SESSION 9
CHALLENGES and WAY FORWARD for WILDERNESS CONSERVATION
Chairman of Session : Rob Fincham

12h00 Open Session of Discussions - Participants Challenges and Way Forward
13h00 Light Lunch

13 h45 Closing Statements from International Panel
14h30 Course Evaluations Team Facilitators
15h00 Presentation of Course Certificates by Rob Fincham, Director of CEAD
16h00 Closure of Course by President of The WILD Foundation, Vance Martin

16h30 Depart for Port Elizabeth
18h00 Arrive Port Elizabeth - Road House


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