hamilton-fynch portfolio
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A portfolio of work: Who we are, what we can do for you, some of our work and a few of our clients.TRANSCRIPT
PortfolioH A M I L T O N - F Y N C H
To contact us, drop us an email or telephone:
Karl & Lesley [email protected]
[email protected]: +27 (0)13 744 9022 Mobile: +27 (0)83 600 1765 Skype: hamilton-fynch
Effective communicationis 20% what you know and 80%
how you feel about what you know.
JIM ROHN
Sight Sound Mind-Spirit Smell Movement Touch
MULTISENSORY GOAL
Hamilton-Fynch takes your brief, ideas, research and documents and using 30 years of conservation experience, builds them into an
interpretation, information or education product that touches your constituency and fulfills your goals.
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WHAT WE DO
Effective communicationis 20% what you know and 80%
how you feel about what you know.
JIM ROHN Sight Sound Mind-Spirit Smell Movement Touch
We transform your ideas into effective interpretive and communications media.
MULTISENSORY GOAL
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Effective communicationis 20% what you know and 80%
how you feel about what you know.”
JIM ROHN
INTERPRETATION CENTERS
MULTISENSORY GOAL
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CLIENT:Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Eden BRIEF:To develop an in-depth interpretation exhibit explaining the origin, life and plight of chimpanzees. MATERIALS PROVIDED:Only photographs of Jane Goodall. TIME FRAME FOR COMPLETION:6 months. PRODUCT DESIGN:24 A0 & 7 1000 mm x 600 mm theme panels, audio-visual material, interactive interior design proposal.
CLIENT:Untamed Africa,Kruger National Park.
BRIEF:To source historic, cultural and wildlife images and develop an interpretive poster retrospective of the Kruger National Park, map displaying cultural links, photo exhibition. MATERIALS PROVIDED:None (client to source and provide artifacts at a later date). TIME FRAME FOR COMPLETION:3 months PRODUCT:12 A0 panels addressing the history of the Park; large map panel of the Park with approaching 200 etched wildlife and cultural images, wildlife names in indigenous languages (and meanings); 32 A2 wildlife photographs.
Effective communicationis 20% what you know and 80%
how you feel about what you know.”
JIM ROHN
INTERPRETATION POSTERS
MULTISENSORY GOAL
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CLIENT:Mpumalanga Tourism & Parks AgencyScientific Services. BRIEF:Design and produce an interpretation map to reveal the significance of biodiversity research, encapsulate the results of the biodiversity survey, locate biodiversity hot-spots, and to establish research and data credibility. Aimed primarily at the scientific and conservation community, landscape and urban/agriculture planners, environmental education sector, tertiary education institutions. MATERIALS PROVIDED:GIS-derived base map TIME FRAME FOR COMPLETION:6 weeks PRODUCT:150 laminated maps ± 1000 mm x 850 mms
MPUMALANGA TOURISM AND PARKS AGENCY BIODIVERSITY MAP
S O U T H A F R I C A
CLIENT:African Wildlife Foundation BRIEF:To conceptualize, research, photograph, design and produce interpretive posters for each of the 3 southern African Heartlands program. Target focus –– visitors, funders, conservation community, teachers, selected schools and environmental agencies. MATERIALS PROVIDED:None TIME FRAME FOR COMPLETION:8 weeks per poster including extensive travel. PRODUCT:250 of each.
AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATIONB O T S W A N A - N A M I B I A - Z A M B I A - Z I M B A B W E -
M O Z A M B I Q U E
CLIENT:Tenke–Fungurume Mine –– (Freeport-McMoRan) Democratic Republic of Congo BRIEF:To interpret the copper mine development in terms of its value to the national and local economy, its impact on the environment and local community, environmental and social mitigation measures, compliance with national/international legislation/standards. A0 Posters (12) published in English, French and Swahili. An additional component of this project was the writing, design and production of a manual for company information officers.
MATERIALS PROVIDED:Photographs TIME FRAME FOR COMPLETION:Within 8 weeks PRODUCT:4 sets of each
CLIENT:International Conservation Services BRIEF:To conceptualise, research, acquire images, design and produce A0 interpretive posters for a proposed conservation/tourism development on the island of Sir Bani Yas, United Arab Emirates. MATERIALS PROVIDED:None TIME FRAME FOR COMPLETION:Within 6 weeks PRODUCT:5 posters, 4 sets of each
CLIENT:South African National Parks/Kruger National Park
BRIEF:To conceptualize, research, acquire images, design and produce A2 posters promoting a range of outdoor activities in the Kruger National Park. MATERIALS PROVIDED:None TIME FRAME FOR COMPLETION:Within 9 weeks PRODUCT:9 posters, 100 of each
SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKSK R U G E R N A T I O N A L P A R K
Effective communicationis 20% what you know and 80%
how you feel about what you know.”
JIM ROHN
REPORTS
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REPORTS:Annual ReportsScientific ReportsFunding Proposals & Reports
TRAINING MANUALS:
Agriculture / AgroforestryConservationNatural Resource ManagementEnvironment and DevelopmentEnvironmental EducationHealthTourism
DEVELOPMENT PLANS:Agriculture / AgroforestryConservationTourism Environmental EducationNeighbor relations strategies
EDUCATION MEDIA FOR SCHOOLS: Posters Literacy learning aids Biodiversity media Worksheets Regional biodiversity multimedia
DVD in progress:- Origins, importance (inter alia cultural, economic, genetic), extent, communities, adaptations, comparison with other parts of the world, habitat loss, environmental pressures, conservation strategies.
MPUMALANGA TOURISM AND PARKS AGENCYS O U T H A F R I C A
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN AGROFORESTRY
K E N Y A - M O Z A M B I Q U E
BUSINESS PLAN PARQUE NACIONAL DO LIMPOPOM O Z A M B I Q U E
PEACE PARKS FOUNDATIONM A N A G E M E N T P L A N G R E A T L I M P O P O
T R A N S F R O N T I E R P A R K
Effective communicationis 20% what you know and 80%
how you feel about what you know.”
JIM ROHN
BROCHURES AND MAPS
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BROCHURES/LEAFLETS/NEWSLETTERS:Agriculture / AgroforestryConservationEnvironmental EducationEnvironmental InterpretationHealthEcotourism
MAPS:
Eco-TourismScientific ReportsFunding Reports
BIOVISION FOUNDATIONS W I T Z E R L A N D – O P E R A T E S E A S T A F R I C A
BIOVISION FOUNDATIONS W I T Z E R L A N D – O P E R A T E S E A S T A F R I C A
LOWVELD CHAMBER OF BUSINESS AND TOURISMN O R T H - E A S T E R N S O U T H A F R I C A
KRUGER NATIONAL PARK - CAMP MAPS (±30)S O U T H A F R I C A
PARQUE NACIONAL DO LIMPOPOM O Z A M B I Q U E
LOWVELD CHAMBER OF BUSINESS AND TOURISMN O R T H - E A S T E R N S O U T H A F R I C A
MUKHONJWA MOUNTAINS WORLD HERITAGE SITEB A R B E R T O N M O U N T A I N L A N D S S O U T H A F R I C A
ECOTOURISM BROCHURE - ECOTRAININGS O U T H A F R I C A
The PNG LNG Project Co-venturers
Issued by Social Programs, PNG LNG Project
EXXON-MOBIL - INTERPRETIVE/ORIENTATION CALENDARP A P U A N E W G U I N E A
Effective communicationis 20% what you know and 80%
how you feel about what you know.”
JIM ROHN
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
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BOOKS:African Fly-fishing Safari (Publishers choice award winner)
Hardcover: 176 pages Publisher: Struik Publishers (January 2003) Language: English ISBN: 1-86872-840-4 Authors: Karl and Lesley Lane
Footprint of the Lowveld (Photographic centenary commemoration)
Hardcover: 120 pagesPublisher: Hamilton-Fynch (2005)Language: EnglishISBN: 0-620-35201-9
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Introduction: –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 7
Chapter 1: –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 10
Your Immune System ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 10
Boosting Your Resistance –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 11
Chapter 2: –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 13 Large Mammals ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 13
Elephant ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 16
Hippo –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 18
Chapter 3: ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 19
Reptiles –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-––––––––––––––––––– 19
Snakes ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 19
Types of Venom and Symptoms –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 20
Treatment of Snakebite –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 21
Avoiding Snakebite –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 22
First Aid for Snakebite ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 22
Snakebite First Aid Summary ––––––––––––––––––––––– 24
Crocodiles ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 25
What To Do and What Not To Do ––----------------------------– 27
Chapter 4: ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 29 Down by the Seaside ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 29
Sharks ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 29
What To Do and What Not To Do ––––––––––––––––––––––– 32
Bluebottles/Portuguese Man o’War ––––––––––––––––––––––––– 34
Stingrays ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 34
Mussels –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 34
Cone Shells ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 35
Moray Eels –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 35
Stone Fish –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 36
Electric Rays ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 37
Sea Urchins ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 37
Chapter 5: ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 38 Insects and other Creepy Crawlies –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 38
Mosquitoes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 39
Malaria ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 40
Malaria Symptoms –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 40
Anti-Malarial Drugs –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 41
Avoiding Mosquito Bites –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 42
Mosquitoes and HIV ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 42
Flies ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 43
Large Mammals
The best advice with regard to wildlife encounters is to ignore the
TV programmes that stage encounters suggesting you can take
liberties with wild animals and walk away from the experience.
Perhaps you might survive––but probably not. Treat wildlife with
great respect. Most people will instinctively avoid the obvious ‘red
in tooth and claw’ threats, like lion, leopard, rhino and buffalo, but
beware the apparently laid-back elephant and hippo.
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well removed from the site of the
punctures, weeks after the initial
bite. Most bites in Africa are
inflicted by puff adders.
Slow acting cytotoxic venoms
may take days to kill you.
Boomslangs and vine snakes have
haemotoxic venoms which destroy
your blood vessels, but they are
rarely seen, are back-fanged and
so find it difficult to sink their fangs
into you, except on fingers and
toes and perhaps wrists, but they
are not aggressive. However if you
are bitten by one of these, medical
treatment is essential.
Untreated severe bites from
these snakes will almost
certainly be fatal; antivenin is
not readily available but since
the venom acts slowly there
is time to find
treatment.
Most of the stories of dying in
minutes are fantasy and there are
much better fantasies to indulge in
if you’re headed to hospital––like
Juliette Binoche, the nurse in the
movie “The English Patient”––
although I think you’ll find the small
print in your insurance policy
indemnifies your insurer against
failing to supply a similar nurse.
Unless a fang penetrates a blood
vessel, you probably have at least
12 hours before death, even with-
out supportive first aid. However
a black mamba can deliver up
to 400 mg of venom; 10-15
mg will kill an adult. Without
treatment, death
from mamba bites might be
in anything from 15
minutes to three hours.
Treatment of snakebite
Treatment today is largely
supportive, with a reluctance
by doctors to use anti
venin,
especially in the field, because
of the risk of anaphylactic shock.
Asthmatics or people who have
been treated previously, are
especially vulnerable. In hospital,
antivenin, drips, antihistamines,
blood transfusions and respiratory
support are routinely administered.
Even without treatment, most
people survive the bites of
most venomous snakes.
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E-book: Health and Travel Tips for Africa
PRIVATE CLIENT - PROMOTIONAL HEALTH BOOKS O U T H A F R I C A
MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTIONS:Lowveld Living –– Regular feature writingGood Taste MagazineSA 4X4The Complete Fly-fishermanMarung (Botswana airlines)Camera and ImageInterair
Our clients are found amongst major conservation, environmental and sustainable development
agencies, companies implementing environmental and social responsibility programs and in the ecotourism industry, in
southern Africa and wider afield.SOME OF OUR CLIENTS:South African National Parks
Kruger National Park
Jane Goodall Institute (South Africa)
African Wildlife Foundation, (Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia)
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, (Kenya / Mozambique)
ExxonMobil (Papua New Guinea)
Tenke-Fungurume Mining (DRC)
Parque Nacional do Limpopo, (Mozambique)
Sabie Park, (Mozambique)
Biovision Foundation (Switzerland)
Wildlife and Environment Society of Southern Africa
Biodiversity Institute of South Africa
Department of Agriculture and Land Administration
Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency
Komati Basin Water Authority, (Swaziland)
The Rural Action Committee (TRAC)
Lowveld Chamber of Business and Tourism
International Conservation Services
Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC -Abu Dhabi)
To contact us, drop us an email or telephone:
Karl & Lesley Lane
[email protected]: +27 (0)13 744 9022 Mobile: +27 (0)83 600 1765 Skype: hamilton-fynch