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Title: WILDERNESS INVENTORY, REVIEW AND DESIGNATION IN SOUTH AFRICA


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WILDERNESS INVENTORY, REVIEW AND DESIGNATION
IN SOUTH AFRICA
W.R. BAINBRIDGE WILDERNESS ACTION GROUP SOUTH
AFRICA OCTOBER 2004
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INTRODUCTION
  • PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION, OUTLINE
  • HISTORICAL APPROACHES
  • NEW LEGISLATION
  • INVENTORY INITIATIVES
  • CONSTRAINTS
  • SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

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BACKGROUND (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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BACKGROUND (2)
  • SPECIAL NATURE OF AFRICAN WILDERNESS
  • AFRICAN WILDERNESS IS DIFFERENT
  • SA WILDERNESS IS UNIQUE

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BACKGROUND (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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LAND TENURE SYSTEM OF SA
  • THREE PRIMARY TYPES
  • FREEHOLD
  • COMMUNAL
  • STATE
  • MARINE

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THE 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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NEW OPPORTUNITIES
  • NEM PROTECTED AREAS ACT
  • MAKES PROVISION FOR NATIONAL P A SYSTEM
  • NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR WILDERNESS
  • CONSERVATION
  • SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION POSSIBLE

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ESTABLISHMENT 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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ESTABLISHMENT 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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INVENTORIES 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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INVENTORIES OF WILDERNESS RESOURCES (2)
  • TRANSFRONTIER WILDERNESS
  • TRANSFRONTIER W ALREADY EXISTS
  • OTHER AREAS POSSIBLE

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DESIGNATION 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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CONSTRAINTS 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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THE ROLE OF NGOs
ADVOCACY ROLE OF NGOs OF INCREASING IMPORTANC
E THREE NGOs WITH INTERESTS IN
W CONSERVATION IN SA
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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
REASONS FOR OPTIMISM REASONS FOR
CONCERN EXPANSION OF PRESENT WILDERNESS
SYSTEM POSSIBLE
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