Title: WILDERNESS INVENTORY, REVIEW AND DESIGNATION IN SOUTH AFRICA
1WILDERNESS INVENTORY, REVIEW AND DESIGNATION
IN SOUTH AFRICA
W.R. BAINBRIDGE WILDERNESS ACTION GROUP SOUTH
AFRICA OCTOBER 2004
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3INTRODUCTION
- PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION, OUTLINE
- HISTORICAL APPROACHES
- NEW LEGISLATION
- INVENTORY INITIATIVES
- CONSTRAINTS
- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
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5BACKGROUND (1)
- WILDLANDS AND WILDERNESS AREAS IN SA
- SHRINKING RESOURCE
- LEAD ROLE IN AFRICA
- PRESENT EXTENT
- WILDERNESS AS A PROTECTED AREA CATEGORY
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7BACKGROUND (2)
- SPECIAL NATURE OF AFRICAN WILDERNESS
- AFRICAN WILDERNESS IS DIFFERENT
- SA WILDERNESS IS UNIQUE
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10BACKGROUND (3)
- SACRED SPACE
- NOT WELL RESEARCHED, BUT
- SEAT OF NATIONAL IDENTITY
- CENTRAL TO SOUL OF AFRICAN PEOPLES
- - KEY BASIS FOR PROTECTION
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13LAND TENURE SYSTEM OF SA
- THREE PRIMARY TYPES
- FREEHOLD
- COMMUNAL
- STATE
- MARINE
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15THE PRESENT NATIONALWILDERNESS SYSTEM
- ELEVEN AREAS PROCLAIMED IN 1971
- BUT OF LIMITED APPLICATION
- SOME AREAS AS ZONES W/O LEGAL STATUS
- MANY CANDIDATE AREAS
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17NEW OPPORTUNITIES
- NEM PROTECTED AREAS ACT
- MAKES PROVISION FOR NATIONAL P A SYSTEM
- NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR WILDERNESS
- CONSERVATION
- SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION POSSIBLE
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19ESTABLISHMENT OF PRESENTPROTECTED AREA
SYSTEM (1)
LARGELY CREATED BY HISTORICAL
CIRCUMSTANCE MANY NATURAL COMMUNITIES NOT
PROTECTED INVENTORIES OF CONSERVATION-WORTHY
AREAS INITIATED
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21ESTABLISHMENT OF PRESENTPROTECTED AREA
SYSTEM (2)
- EXAMPLES OF RECENT LAND ACQUISITIONS
- EASTERN AND WESTERN SHORES ST. LUCIA,
- ST. LUCIA WETLAND PARK WHS
- UKHAHLAMBA - DRAKENSBERG PARK WHS
- BAVIAANSKLOOF, E. CAPE
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25INVENTORIES OF WILDERNESS RESOURCES (1)
- INVENTORIES CURRENTLY UNDERWAY
- KRUGER NATIONAL PARK
- UKHAHLAMBA - DRAKENSBERG PARK WHS
- BAVIAANSKLOOF, E. CAPE
- GT. ST LUCIA WETLAND PARK WHS
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27INVENTORIES OF WILDERNESS RESOURCES (2)
- TRANSFRONTIER WILDERNESS
- TRANSFRONTIER W ALREADY EXISTS
- OTHER AREAS POSSIBLE
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30DESIGNATION OF NEW W AREAS OR ZONES
- LIKELY TO BE PROCLAIMED IN TERMS OF NEM
- PROTECTED AREAS ACT
- PART OR WHOLE OF NATURE RESERVE,
- NATIONAL PARK, STATE FOREST
- BOUNDARIES PROCLAIMED IN LAW
- FORMAL PROCEDURE FOR DE-PROCLAMATION
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32CONSTRAINTS ON EXPANSION OFWILDERNESS SYSTEM
- CONSTRAINTS INCLUDE
- CURRENT FUNDING PROBLEMS
- POLITICAL AGENDA
- CAPACITY OF PROTECTED AREA AGENCIES
- ? W SYSTEM MAY BE SEEN TO BE UNDER THREAT
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34THE ROLE OF NGOs
ADVOCACY ROLE OF NGOs OF INCREASING IMPORTANC
E THREE NGOs WITH INTERESTS IN
W CONSERVATION IN SA
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36SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
REASONS FOR OPTIMISM REASONS FOR
CONCERN EXPANSION OF PRESENT WILDERNESS
SYSTEM POSSIBLE
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